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Timur, conquest of a city in Khwarezm / 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. Campaigns of Timur in Khwarezm, 1372 ff.: Conquest of a city. 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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Title:
Timur, conquest of a city in Khwarezm / 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. Campaigns of Timur in Khwarezm, 1372 ff.: Conquest of a city. 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
Credit:
Album / Roland and Sabrina Michaud / akg-images
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Image size:
3341 x 4961 px | 47.4 MB
Print size:
28.3 x 42.0 cm | 11.1 x 16.5 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
14TH CENTURY 14TH 15 15TH XV XVTH FIFTEENTH CENTURY 15TH CENTURY 15TH CENTURY; 15TH 2ND MILLENNIUM A. D. AERIAL LADDER ANONYMOUS ARMY: SOLDIER ART ARTS ASIA ASSAULT ATTACK ATTACKING BIOGRAPHY BOOK ILLUMINATION CASTLE CENTRAL ASIA CHOREZM CITADEL CITY GATE CITY WALL CITYGATE CITYWALL CONQUERING CONQUEST DEFENCE DEFENSE DETAIL EXTENSION LADDER FIFTEENTH CENTURY FIRE LADDER FORTIFICATION FORTIFICATION: CITY WALL FORTRESS FOURTEENTH CENTURY HIGH WALL HISTORIA UNIVERSAL HISTORIA HISTORY AND POLITICS HISTORY HISTORY. ILLUSTRATION ILLUSTRATIONS ILUSTRATION ISLAM ISLAMIC ART ISLAMIC COUNTRIES ISLAMIC WORLD ISTANBUL ISTANBUL, MUSEUM OF TURKISH ART LADDER 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 SIGLO XV SOLDIER SOLDIERS SOLDIER SOLDIERS SOLIDER TIMUR TOWN GATE TRIUMPH TROOPS VICTORIA I VICTORY WALL WARRIOR WARRIORS WESTERN ASIA XIV CENTURY XV CENTURY ZAFAR-NAME