Oil on canvas Jamshid had now become the greatest monarch the world had ever known. A radiant splendor that burned about him by divine favor. One day he sat upon a jewel-studded throne and the divs who served him raised his throne up into the air and he flew through the sky. His subjects, all the peoples of the world, marvelled and praised him. On this day, which was the first of the month of Farvardin, they first celebrated the holiday of Nawrōz ("new day"). In the variant of the Zoroastrian

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Oil on canvas 12"x 48" (four panels ) According to Ferdowsi, Zahhāk was born as the son of an Arab ruler named Merdās. Because of his Arab origins, he is sometimes called Zahhāk-e Tāzi, "the Arabian Zahhāk." He was handsome and clever, but had no stability of character and was easily influenced by evil counselors. Ahriman therefore chose him as the tool for his plans for world domination. When Zahhāk was a young man, Ahriman first appeared to him as a flattering companion, and by degrees conv

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