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.

ACOMETER • AGREDIR • ANONIMO • ART • ARTE ISLAMICO • ARTE PERSA • ARTE • ARTES • ASALTAR • ASALTO • ASIA CENTRAL • ASIA • ATACAR • ATAQUE • ATENTADO • ATENTAR • BIOGRAFIA • CONQUISTA • CUADRO • DETAIL • DETALLE • EDAD MEDIA • EMBESTIDA • ESCENA • ESTAMBUL • GONDOLA • GUERRERO • HISTORIA • HOMBRE • ILUMINACION DE MANUSCRITOS • ILUSTRACION • ISTANBUL, MUSEUM OF TURKISH ART • MEDIEVAL • MILITAR • MINIATURA • ORIENTE MEDIO • PERIODO MEDIEVAL • PERSONA • PINTURA • PORMENOR • RETRATO DE HOMBRE • ROLAND AND SABRINA MICHAUD • ROLAND MICHAUD • SABRINA MICHAUD • SHARAF AD-DIN ALI YAZDI • SIGLO XIV • SIGLO XV • SOLDADO • SOLDADOS • TIMUR • TRIUNFO • VICTORIA • VICTORY • ZAFAR-NAME