With the playful colours, dynamic landscapes and immense rock formations of daring shades the viewer is immersed in to the world of Persian mythology depicted in our folio. The scene shows Rustam lassoing the King of Sham (Syria). This event took place as part of the rescue by Rustam of Kay Kavus from the King of Hamavaran. Rustam, heading the Persian forces, was called upon to defeat the combined armies of the shah of Hamavaran - who through treachery had captured the Persian shah, Kay Kavus - and his allies, the shahs of Sham (depicted here), and Berber. After fierce fighting, Rustam captured the allied kings and the shah of Hamavaran asked for peace. In this battle scene, depicted with liveliness and verve, Rustam, identifiable by his tiger-skin coat (left foreground) appears to be lassoing the shah of Sham. The shah of Sham (right) has fallen off his horse and is bending forward on his knees, grabbing on to his lasso as he is being pulled by our hero. This dynamic scene is further strengthened by the clever way Siyavush has illustrated the two majestic horses, facing opposite ways and bursting out of the margins (for a detailed account see Warner and Warner, Shahnama of Firdausi, vol. II, 1909, pp. 95-98).