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Timur, attack from a gondola / Persian miniature 1486

Timur, (Timur Lenk, Timur-i-Long, Tamerlan); Asian conqueror of Turco-Mongol descent; founder of the Timurid dynasty in Persia and Transoxiana; Kesh (Chagatai Khanate) 8.4.1336 - Otrar near Shymkent 19.1.1405. Attack on the enemy in a cave from a gondola suspended from a rock. Detail. Persian miniature, 1486. Illustration of the Zafarnama (Book of Victory / History of Timur) by the Persian historian Sharaf ad-Din Ali Yazdi (died 1454). Gouache on paper. Ms. 1964. Istanbul, Museum of Turkish Art.

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Timur, attack from a gondola / Persian miniature 1486

Caption:

Timur, (Timur Lenk, Timur-i-Long, Tamerlan); Asian conqueror of Turco-Mongol descent; founder of the Timurid dynasty in Persia and Transoxiana; Kesh (Chagatai Khanate) 8.4.1336 - Otrar near Shymkent 19.1.1405. Attack on the enemy in a cave from a gondola suspended from a rock. Detail. Persian miniature, 1486. Illustration of the Zafarnama (Book of Victory / History of Timur) by the Persian historian Sharaf ad-Din Ali Yazdi (died 1454). Gouache on paper. Ms. 1964. Istanbul, Museum of Turkish Art.

Project:

ZAFAR-NAME

Technique/material:

MINIATURE (PAINTING)

Museum:

Istanbul, Museum of Turkish Art

Location:

CENTRAL ASIA

Credit:

Album / Roland and Sabrina Michaud / akg-images

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Image size:

3334 x 4961 px | 47.3 MB

Print size:

28.2 x 42.0 cm | 11.1 x 16.5 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

14TH CENTURY • 15 15TH XV XVTH FIFTEENTH CENTURY • 15TH CENTURY • 15TH CENTURY; • ANONYMOUS • ARMY: SOLDIER • ART • ARTS • ASIA • ASSAULT • ATTACK • ATTACKING • BIOGRAPHY • BOOK ILLUMINATION • CENTRAL ASIA • CONQUEST • DETAIL • FIFTEENTH CENTURY • FOURTEENTH CENTURY • GONDOLA • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORY AND POLITICS • HISTORY • ILLUSTRATION • ISLAM • ISLAMIC ART • ISLAMIC COUNTRIES • ISLAMIC WORLD • ISTANBUL • ISTANBUL, MUSEUM OF TURKISH ART • LEGEND • MAN • MEDIAEVAL • MEDIEVAL • MEN • MIDDLE AGES • MIDDLE EAST • MILITAR • MILITARS • MILITARY • MINIATURE (PAINTING) • NEAR EAST • PAINTING (TECHNIQUE) • PEOPLE'S ARMY SOLDIER • PERIOD: MEDIEVAL • PERSIAN ART • PERSON • QUEEN VICTORIA I • QUEEN VICTORIA • ROLAND AND SABRINA MICHAUD • ROLAND MICHAUD • SABRINA MICHAUD • SCENE • SHARAF AD-DIN ALI YAZDI • SHIP: GONDOLA • SIGLO XV • SOLDIER • SOLDIERS • SOLIDER • TIMUR • TRIUMPH • TROOPS • VICTORIA I • VICTORY • WARRIOR • WARRIORS • WESTERN ASIA • ZAFAR-NAME