"Conquest of Baghdad by Timur", Folio from a Zafarnama (Book of Victories). Artist: Painting by Unknown. Author: Sharaf al-din 'Ali Yazdi (1424-54). Calligrapher: Ya'qub ibn Hasan, known as Siraj al-Husaini. Dimensions: 11 3/8 x 8in. (28.9 x 20.3cm). Date: Dhu'l Hijja 839 A.H./A.D. June-July 1436.This folio once illustrated a manuscript of the Zafarnama, a biography of the ruler Timur commissioned by his grandson Ibrahim Sultan. The text glorifies Timur's many victories on the battlefield, including his 1401 siege of Baghdad, depicted here. The distinctively spare yet highly animated angular compositions are characteristic of manuscript painting produced in Shiraz in this period. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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"Conquest of Baghdad by Timur", Folio from a Zafarnama (Book of Victories). Artist: Painting by Unknown. Author: Sharaf al-din 'Ali Yazdi (1424-54). Calligrapher: Ya'qub ibn Hasan, known as Siraj al-Husaini. Dimensions: 11 3/8 x 8in. (28.9 x 20.3cm). Date: Dhu'l Hijja 839 A.H./A.D. June-July 1436.This folio once illustrated a manuscript of the Zafarnama, a biography of the ruler Timur commissioned by his grandson Ibrahim Sultan. The text glorifies Timur's many victories on the battlefield, including his 1401 siege of Baghdad, depicted here. The distinctively spare yet highly animated angular compositions are characteristic of manuscript painting produced in Shiraz in this period. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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