In this illustrated leaf from a Persian manuscript,  two warriors ride toward each other on armored horses, The figure on left is the hero Rustam, and the younger one on the right is his son, Suhrab. Rustam wears a long, bright red tunic, with a row of gold fasteners down the front, over a green undergarment and yellow arm coverings. A gray helmet in the shape of an animal’s face with thick gold ear protectors covers the ears and the skull of his bearded medium-skinned head. A blue quiver with multiple arrows hangs at his hip. With both hands, he holds a long lance with which he seems to be warding off Suhrab’s horse. Rustam’s horse is covered from head to knees in a gold and gray striped covering, from which tassels fringe the front and bottom. Suhrab, on the right, wears waist-length gold and gray striped body armor, over a red undergarment with gold arm coverings. A pointed gold helmet with thick gold ear protectors covers the top of his hairless, medium dark skinned face. A dark blue pouch hangs on his side toward the viewer with the ends of some unidentified weapons protruding. The tops of multiple arrows emerging from the far side of his body, suggests he is also carrying a quiver filled with arrows. His arms are upraised, a sword in one hand, a shield in the other. His smaller horse wears a gray and gold  protective covering also with a fringe on the front and bottom. The horses are head to head, close, but not touching. This scene in the foreground is placed on light coral rolling hills with what appears to be faint gray sprigs of vegetation scattered over the hills. Behind the hills, in the far background against a dark blue sky, the pointed helmets, heavy gold ear covering and medium dark skinned faces of eight soldiers can be seen, four on each side, each carrying a lance with a banner unfurled near its sharply pointed end. The image is framed by two gold strips between which a dark blue strip is decorated by an undulating line with repeated small branches, each with five leaves.