Ferdowsi; Hakim Abu'l-Quasim: Persian poet; 940-1020. Works: Shanameh(Book of Kings; finished in 1014; Persian national epic which chronicles the legendary history of pre-Islamic kings of Iran from Keyumars to Yazdegerd III. Bahram Gur out hunting with his beloved Azadeh; with his arrows turning a male gazelle into a female one and a female gazelle into a male one.- Detail. (Bahram V; Persian Emperor; Sassanid dynasty reigned from 420/21 to 438 AD). Persian miniature; 1593.From: Illustrated manuscript.Gouache and gold on paper; folio size 35 x 23 cm. Ms no. 1339; fol. 103 r;Teheran; Universit鋞sbibliothek.