EditorialTimur distributes gifts from his grandson, the Prince of Multan, from a Zafar-nama (Book of Victories), 1598-1600. Shravana (Indian). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; sheet: 28.2 x 20.2 cm (11 1/8 x 7 15/16 in.); image: 14.7 x 9.8 cm (5 13/16...
EditorialTamerlane (Timur the Lame) and the five princes at a party. Timur the Lame, as he was lame after sustaining an injury in battle) (1336_February 1405) was a renowned 14th century Mongol conqueror, ruler of the Timurid Empire (1370_1405) in Central Asia,...
EditorialTimur on his way to battle. Timur on a throne in a mountain clearing in Mazandaran while on his way to fight Sultan Husayn. Some soldiers are crossing a ravine by the bridge they built. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of Mirkhv...
EditorialTimur together with his horse and three army leaders being lowered by ropes down a mountainside in the Kaf mountains (1397). Zafarnama. India, 1600. Source: Or. 1052, f.182v. Language: Persian.
EditorialTimur's army fights the Tartars. Another battle between Timur and Tuqtamish Khan in which flails are being used (1395). Rawzat al-Safa. Turkey, 1599. Source: Or. 5736, f.122v. Language: Persian.
EditorialIndia: 'Humayun's Garden Party / The Princes of the House of Timur'. Gouache and gold on cotton painting by Mir Sayyid 'Ali (1510-1572), c. 1550-1555