"Conquest of Baghdad by Timur", Folio from a Zafarnama (Book of Victory) Dhu'l Hijja 839 June–July 1436 Sharaf al-din 'Ali Yazdi This folio once illustrated a manuscript of the Zafarnama, a biography of the ruler Timur commissioned by his grandson Ibrahim Sultan. The text glorifies Timur’s many victories on the battlefield, including his 1401 siege of Baghdad, depicted here. The distinctively spare yet highly animated angular compositions are characteristic of manuscript painting produced in Shiraz in this "Conquest of Baghdad by Timur", Folio from a Zafarnama (Book of Victo
"Conquest of Baghdad by Timur", Folio from a Zafarnama (Book of Victory) Dhu'l Hijja 839 June–July 1436 Sharaf al-din 'Ali Yazdi This folio once illustrated a manuscript of the Zafarnama, a biography of the ruler Timur commissioned by his grandson Ibrahim Sultan. The text glorifies Timur’s many victories on the battlefield, including his 1401 siege of Baghdad, depicted here. The distinctively spare yet highly animated angular compositions are characteristic of manuscript painting produced in Shiraz in this "Conquest of Baghdad by Timur", Folio from a Zafarnama (Book of Victory) 451304
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