There is a painting by the great Iranian miniaturist, Master Behzad in his museum which shows Ferdowsi, the lettered Iranian poet at the center of work and some symbols of his tales around him.
This painting was painted in 1962 and there are 45 faces, 2 lions, a simurgh, 5 horses, 5 snakes at the top of the painting. At the bottom, there are a tiara, 25 Iranian swords that are shown with gold and 25 Arabic swords shown in white, 8 daggers, 5 helmets, 25 sheets of paper, 4 quivers, 7 feathers, 14 Maces and 3 shields.
Hakīm Abul-Qāsim Firdawsī Tūsī was a highly revered Persian poet. He is the author of the Shahnameh, the national epic of Iran.
The Shahnameh was originally composed by Ferdowsi for the princes of the Samanid dynasty, who were responsible for a revival of Persian cultural traditions after the Arab invention of Persia in the seventh century.
The Shahnameh chronicles the legendary history of the pre-Islamic kings. Ferdowsi spent over three decades (from 977 to 1010) working on the Shahnameh, which became one of the most influential works of Persian literature.