This is a copy of one of the famous manuscripts of the Shahnameh called “Baysenqur Mirza”, named after its artist. The Shahnameh is a renowned poem by Ferdowsi in which he presented the history of Persian kingdoms in poetic form. The hero of the Shahnameh is the brave Rustam. Here, an elephant attacks a group of people, and Rustam rushes in to help.
One of the main functions of the artist in illustrating manuscripts was to depict what was written in the text to help the reader better understand it.
