Kayumars and the first kings
کیومرثIn Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, history begins on a mountainside with a king in a leopard skin, and the gifts of civilisation are won one by one: fire, iron, tamed animals, writing.
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The story
Persiahaus Studio drew profile of Kayumars, the first king of the Shahnameh, with a long grey beard and a simple crown, wearing a leopard skin, against a saffron halo on turquoise, with mountains behind.
In Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, history begins on a mountainside with a king in a leopard skin, and the gifts of civilisation are won one by one: fire, iron, tamed animals, writing. The full story is told in the Mythology section.