A prisoner is brought to the King of Samangam

A prisoner is brought to the King of Samangam, miniature on a leaf from an early Shahnameh, in Farsi, decorated manuscript on paper [probably Muzaffarid Persia, c. 1380] single leaf, miniature in ink and gouache on paper, depicting an enthroned king summoning forward a prisoner, with attendants in waiting, with possible later retouching to miniature, formed from two leaves from the same Shahnameh, text in four columns, 34 lines bold black naskh, with headings in red, also ruled in red, leaf a little darkened and mottled, some small nicks with fractional loss to paper, later paper margins mounted to the border, total 410 by 300 mm. Leaf from a large and early copy of Firdawsi's epic, containing the headline and subsequent text for the iconic moment in which a young Sohrab asks his mother (Tahmina) about the true identity of his father. The iconic tragedy of Sohrab is that he grows to become a great warrior, but dies at the hand of his father Rostam, who is unaware of the true identity of the warrior before him.