Bahram Gur hunting

Shanama Project, Cambridge University. Retrieved from http://shahnama.caret.cam.ac.uk/new/jnama/page/. Accessed 10 April, 2010.

Lowry, Glen. (1977). Persian Miniatures. (Unpublished).

Bahram Gur, the Sasanian ruler Bahram V (421-439), is hunting gazelles in the country side with two other hunters and a black dog. The sobriquet “Gur” was given to him referring to his love of hunting. Another six men stand in the background of the picture watching the hunting scene.

Origin: Probably Isfahan, Iran Script: Nasta'liq