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| Keywords: The assassination of Chosroës Parvez.jpg Sassanian king Chosroes Parvez has been deposed and placed in house arrest Mihr-Hurmuzd has been sent to assassinate him To save time Chosroes asks his page to bring him prayer items The naive youth does exactly as he is told without fetching guards to save his master Mihr-Hurmuzd waits until the king is done praying and leaps on him planting a knife in his stomach The face of the assassin has been left unfinished Scan from The Adventures of Hamza Painting and Storytelling in Mughal India by John Seyller Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 2002 c 1535 Abdul-Samad - attributed by Stuart Cary Welch and others but disputed by eg Barbara Brend PD-Art Assassination Sassanids Safavid paintings Khosrau II Shahnameh Abdul-Samad Safavid paintings Shah Tahmasp's Shahnameh | ||||
