Rostam’s Seven Labours

The Seven Labours were seven difficult tasks undertaken by Rostam, the greatest of the Iranian heroes, accompanied, in most instances, only by his faithful and sagacious steed Rakhsh to liberate Kay Kavous from the Divs in Mazandaran. The story was retold by Ferdowsi in his epic poem, The Book of Kings (Shahnameh) and it is Rostam’s first mission. These illustrations are also the first part of a wholly illustrated Book of Kings in a long term project in progress.