摘要：Relationship between human and horse has long been observed in various cultures and civilizations. As a mythological animal, horse has always been considered as in hunting, feasting, fighting. In ancient Iran, horse has had an important position among other animals. All reliefs, textiles and figures suggest using the animal in everyday life, but it is still not clear using horses. The present research uses descriptive, analytical and comparative technique based upon historical and literary sources. Data was collected by using library technique and based upon the Internet databases as observation, index and drawing tables. The results showed that first drawn relationship between human and horse has been depicted on cave walls during the caveman era. The used steel armors in Islamic epic miniature have been influenced by figures in the Sassanid era. In fact, miniature is influenced by literature in Islamic era, which it is one of the most important matters in epical literature. Meanwhile, this literature represents epic and war scenes, but it is like the described lyrical literature. For this reason, miniature is directly influenced by literature, and he tried to avoid representing heartbreaking and disturbing scenes in his figure. As lyrical literature considers victory of good over evil, it is obvious in miniature
