6176488 Firdausi\'s Parable of the Ship of Shi\'ism, c.1530-35 (opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper) by Persian School, (16th century); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: Folio 18v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp by Abu\'l Qasim Firdausi (935??020) Painting attributed to Mirza \'Ali (fl.1525??5) God launched seventy ships bearing adherents to the religions of mankind into a stormy sea. Under a canopy are the Prophet and his son?n?aw and successor \'Ali whose sons, Hasan and Husain, stand nearby.).