'Timur before Battle', Folio from a Dispersed Copy of the Zafarnama (Book of Victories) of Sharaf al-din 'Ali Yazdi, A.H. 839/A.D. 1436, Attributed to Iran, Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper, 11 1/2 x 8in. (29.2 x 20.3cm), Codices, This folio once illustrated a manuscript of the Zafarnama, a biography of the ruler Timur commissioned by his grandson Ibrahim Sultan (1394–1435). The painting, from a manuscript completed a year after Ibrahim Sultan’s death, depicts the arrival of the Timurid army before the castle of Gortin in Georgia on Friday, 14th of Muharram, 806 A
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Timur, Battle, Folio, Dispersed Copy, Zafarnama, Book, Victories, Sharaf al-din, Ali Yazdi, .H, 839/.D, 1436, Attributed, Iran, Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, gold, paper, 11 1/2 x 8in, 29.2 20.3cm, Codices, folio, illustrated, manuscript, biography, ruler Timur, commissioned, grandson Ibrahim, Sultan, 1394–1435, painting, manuscript completed, year, Ibrahim Sultan, death, depicts, arrival, Timurid army, castle, Gortin, Georgia, Friday, 14th, Muharram, 806
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