1330 (ca.), [Iran], Faridun mourns Iraj (detail) [folio from the Great Mongol Shahnama] -- National Museum of Asian Art (Washington)

From the museum label: Faridun takes Iraj's head to his son's palace and sits in the garden of the pavilion, which he orders burned down and destroyed because it reminds him too much of his beloved departed child. The destruction occurs in the foreground as the seated father bows in mourning over Iraj's severed head, which rests on his lap. The tragic episode may relate to the Ilkhanid sultan Uljaytu (reigned 1304-17), Abu Sa'id's father, who lost five of his six sons when they were young.

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