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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.
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:
4961 x 3303 px | 46.9 MB
Print size:
42.0 x 28.0 cm | 16.5 x 11.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
14TH CENTURY • 15 15TH XV XVTH FIFTEENTH CENTURY • 15TH CENTURY • 15TH CENTURY; • AMIR HUSAYN • ANONYMOUS • ARMY: CAVALRY • ARMY: SOLDIER • ART • ARTS • ASIA • BATTLE • BIOGRAPHY • BOOK ILLUMINATION • CAVALIER • CAVALRY • CENTRAL ASIA • COMBAT • CONQUEST • DEFENCE • DEFENSE • DISPUTE • EQUESTRIAN (RIDER) • EQUESTRIAN SPORT • EQUITATION • EQUUS CABALLUS • FIFTEENTH CENTURY • FIGHT • FIGHTING • FOURTEENTH CENTURY • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORY AND POLITICS • HISTORY • HORSE RIDING • HORSE • HORSEBACK-RIDING • HORSEMAN • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • 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, RIDERS • ROCK • ROCKY • ROLAND AND SABRINA MICHAUD • ROLAND MICHAUD • SABRINA MICHAUD • SCENE • SCUFFLE • SHARAF AD-DIN ALI YAZDI • SIERRA • SIGLO XV • SOLDIER • SOLDIERS • SOLIDER • STONE • STONES • STRUGGLE • TANG-I HARAM • TIMUR • TRIUMPH • TROOPS • VICTORIA I • VICTORY • WARRIOR • WARRIORS • WESTERN ASIA • ZAFAR-NAME