The Persian onager
گورخر ایرانیThe wild ass of the plateau gave its name, gur, to the most famous royal hunter in Persian legend, and a pun on that name to Khayyam.
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The story
Persiahaus Studio drew persian onager, the wild ass called gur, in profile, sandy with a white belly, a dark stripe along the back and long ears, against a saffron halo on clay.
The wild ass of the plateau gave its name, gur, to the most famous royal hunter in Persian legend, and a pun on that name to Khayyam. The full story is told in Animals of Persia.