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An illustration by Djoveyni in the 1438 copy of
Tarīḫ-i Ğuvaynī.
by ‛Alā al-Dīn ‛Aṭā Malik b. Bahā al-Dīn Muḥammad Al-Ğuvaynī (author).
Conquest of the World
The painting illustrates an episode in the story of Ghengis Khan but the figures are dressed as Timurids of the 15th CenturySiege of Alamut (1256)
folio 149 recto
Shiraz, Iran, 1438, by Djoveyni.
Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Supplément Persan 206
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