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Timur defends mountain position / 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. Timur (in green on a black horse) attacks the position of Amir Husayn at Tang-i Haram. Detail. Persian miniature, 1486. Illustration from the Zafarnama (Book of Victory / History of Timur) by the Persian historian Sharaf ad-Din Ali Yazdi (died 1454). Gouache on paper. Gouache on paper. Ms. 1964. Istanbul, Museum of Turkish Art.
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Title: Timur defends mountain position / 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. Timur (in green on a black horse) attacks the position of Amir Husayn at Tang-i Haram. Detail. Persian miniature, 1486. Illustration from the Zafarnama (Book of Victory / History of Timur) by the Persian historian Sharaf ad-Din Ali Yazdi (died 1454). Gouache on paper. Gouache on paper. Ms. 1964. Istanbul, Museum of Turkish Art.
Artwork: 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: 4961 × 3303 px | 46.9 MB
Print size: 42.0 × 28.0 cm | 1953.1 × 1300.4 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: 14TH CENTURY 14TH 14TH-CENTURY 15 15TH XV XVTH FIFTEENTH CENTURY 15TH CENTURY 15TH CENTURY; 15TH AMIR HUSAYN ANONYMOUS ARMY: CAVALRY ARMY: SOLDIER ART ARTS ASIA BATTLE BIOGRAPHY BOOK ILLUMINATION CAVALIER CAVALRY CENTRAL ASIA COMBAT CONQUERING CONQUEST DEFENCE DEFENSE DISPUTE EQUESTRIAN (RIDER) EQUESTRIAN SPORT EQUITATION EQUUS CABALLUS FIFTEENTH CENTURY FIGHT FIGHTING FOURTEENTH CENTURY HISTORIA UNIVERSAL HISTORIA HISTORY AND POLITICS HISTORY HISTORY. HORSE RIDING HORSE'S HORSE HORSEBACK-RIDING HORSEMAN HORSES HORSE HORSES ILLUSTRATION ILLUSTRATIONS ILUSTRATION ISLAM ISLAMIC ART ISLAMIC COUNTRIES ISLAMIC WORLD ISTANBUL ISTANBUL, MUSEUM OF TURKISH ART JOCKEY LEGEND MAN MEDIAEVAL MEDIEVAL MEN MIDDLE AGES MIDDLE EAST MILITAR MILITARS MILITARY MINIATURE (PAINTING) MOUNTAIN RANGE MOUNTAINS NEAR EAST PAINTING (TECHNIQUE) PEOPLE'S ARMY SOLDIER PERIOD: MEDIEVAL PERSIAN ART PERSON QUEEN VICTORIA I QUEEN VICTORIA RANGE RIDER (MALE) RIDER RIDERS RIDING RIDING, RIDERS ROCK ROCKS ROCKY ROLAND AND SABRINA MICHAUD ROLAND MICHAUD SABRINA MICHAUD SCENE SCUFFLE SHARAF AD-DIN ALI YAZDI SIERRA SIGLO XV SOLDIER SOLDIERS SOLDIER SOLDIERS SOLIDER STONE STONES STRUGGLE TANG-I HARAM TIMUR TRIUMPH TROOPS VICTORIA I VICTORIA VICTORY WARRIOR WARRIORS WESTERN ASIA XIV CENTURY XV CENTURY ZAFAR-NAME