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The burning of Damascus, 1401, (1533). The Turkic conqueror Timur (or Tamerlane) burns and pillages the city of Damascus. Two water-carriers with skins are trying to put the fire out. Persian miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of the Zafarnama by Sharaf al-Din.
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The burning of Damascus, 1401, (1533). The Turkic conqueror Timur (or Tamerlane) burns and pillages the city of Damascus. Two water-carriers with skins are trying to put the fire out. Persian miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of the Zafarnama by Sharaf al-Din.
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Album / British Library Board / TopFoto
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Image size:
2701 x 3887 px | 30.0 MB
Print size:
22.9 x 32.9 cm | 9.0 x 13.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
15TH CENTURY • 16TH CENTURY • ANIMAL • ARMIES ARMY • ARMIES • ARMY • ART & LITERATURE • ATTACK • ATTACKING • BURNING • CELEBRITIES • CELEBRITY • CENTURY • CITY • COLOUR • CONCEPT • CONQUEROR • CONQUISTADOR • COUNTRY • DAMASCUS • DANGER • DANGEROUS • DISASTERS • DRAMATIC • EXTINGUISHING • FAMOUS PEOPLE • FAMOUS • FIRE • GUERRA • HISTORICAL EVENTS • HISTORY & POLITICS • HORSE • HORSEMAN • HUNDRED YEARS WAR • INVADER • INVASION • LOCATION • LOCATIONS & BUILDINGS • MALE • MAN • MEN • MENACE • METAPHOR • OTHER • PANIC IN THE STREETS • PANIC • PARASOL • PEOPLE • PERIL • PERSIA • PERSIAN • PILLAGE • RIDER • SOCIETY & CULTURE • TGN • THREAT • TOWN • WALLED CITY • WALLED TOWN • WAR • WARFARE • WARS • WATER
