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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
Image size: 4961 × 3303 px | 46.9 MB
Print size: 42.0 × 28.0 cm | 1953.1 × 1300.4 in (300 dpi)