A comparative study of Jamshid’s kingdom and picture of him court in the Baysonqor’s Shahnameh and Tahmasp’s Shahnameh from the viewpoint of Erwin Panofsky Iconology

One of the important and mythical characters of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh is Jamshid. In the Baysonqor’s and Tahmasp’s Shahnameh, a scene attributed to Jamshid is illustrated. Jamshid’s kingdom miniature in Baysonqor’s Shahnameh and Jamshid’s court miniature in Tahmasp’s Shahnameh are both visual representations of the content of Jamshid's kingdom and its king functions. The importance of the common theme in both of the Shahnameh paintings has led to the necessity of a comparative study. The purpose is to identify how Jamshid's personality is represented in the Jamshid’s kingdom miniature in Baysonqor’s Shahnameh and Jamshid’s court miniature in Tahmasp’s Shahnameh and understanding the similarities and differences between Jamshid's personality and Illustration type of two miniatures. The study was done to answer these questions: 1-How is Jamshid's personality represented in Baysonqor’s and Tahmasp’s Shahnameh miniatures and what are the features? 2- What cultural, political and social factors have led to more and more detailed and precise in Tahmasp’s Shahnameh painting than Baysonqor’s Shahnameh? In this research, library and documentary information have been studied with descriptive-analytical and comparative approach and the results show that is illustrated more details and visual elements in the Jamshid’s court miniature in Tahmasp’s Shahnameh and the number of these elements is less in the Jamshid’s kingdom miniature in Baysonqor’s Shahnameh. Also Jamshid’s government in Tahmasp’s Shahnameh is illustrated Authoritative, powerfully, luxurious and excellent and also the number of human elements in Baysonqor’s Shahnameh miniature is 15 and in Tahmasp’s Shahnameh miniature is 28 and the image of two demons.