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Minneapolis Institute of Art
Tahmineh Visits Rustam

Tahmineh Visits Rustam, c. 1440–1445

Tahmineh Visits Rustam

c. 1440–1445 · Manuscript · 26.35 × 17.15 cm

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Minneapolis Institute of Art

Minneapolis, United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

Checked: 2 days ago
In this state since: Sep 25, 2026
Source: The museum's own collection data

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About the painting

This painting depicts a romantic scene from the life of Rustam, the Persian hero of the Shah Nama, or Book of Kings. Here Tahmineh, daughter of the King of Turan, visits Rustam at night. The verse reads in part:

Towards the unconscious warrior's pillow stepped a slave with perfumed candle, while behind her came a creature lovely as the moon, radiant as the sun, and fragrant in her beauty.

Although suggestive touches like this occur throughout the Shah Nama, the romantic adventures are didactic in nature and subordinate to the greater struggle of the good heroes against the forces of darkness.

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Particulars

Accession number: 51.37.20

In the catalog

Shiraz school Iran

Sources

Minneapolis Institute of Art: the museum's own open data · fetched 6 days ago
Image: Minneapolis Institute of Art — public domain

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