"The Execution of Mazdak", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings). Author: Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935-1020). Dimensions: Page: 8 1/16 x 5 1/4 in. (20.5 x 13.3 cm)Painting: 1 5/8 x 4 5/16 in. (4.1 x 10.9 cm). Date: ca. 1330-40.The Sasanian prince who was later called Nushirvan, believed the popular religion of Mazdak to be an evil heresy. Thus he planted Mazdak's closest followers head down in a walled garden so that Mazdak might see the fruit of the evil seeds he had scattered. The prince then had a false prophet hanged upside down and slain with arrows, though no arrows are in sight here. Mazdak and an attendant look at the scene at right. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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"The Execution of Mazdak", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings). Author: Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935-1020). Dimensions: Page: 8 1/16 x 5 1/4 in. (20.5 x 13.3 cm)Painting: 1 5/8 x 4 5/16 in. (4.1 x 10.9 cm). Date: ca. 1330-40.The Sasanian prince who was later called Nushirvan, believed the popular religion of Mazdak to be an evil heresy. Thus he planted Mazdak's closest followers head down in a walled garden so that Mazdak might see the fruit of the evil seeds he had scattered. The prince then had a false prophet hanged upside down and slain with arrows, though no arrows are in sight here. Mazdak and an attendant look at the scene at right. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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