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'Timur grants an audience on the occasion of his accession to the throne at Balkh'
the Zafarnama of Ibrahim Sultan, Timurid Shiraz, 1436.
(Book of Victories) of Sharaf al-din 'Ali Yazdi ([active] 1424-54)


An even larger image of 'Timur grants an audience on the occasion of his accession to the throne at Balkh' from a 1436 Zafarnama (Book of Victories) of Sharaf al-din 'Ali Yazdi (1424-54), Timurid.


Folio from a Zafarnama (Book of victory) by Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi (d. 1454); recto: Timur grants an audience on the occasion of his accession to the throne at Balkh; verso: text.
Detached folio from a dispersed copy of Zafarnama (Book of victory) by Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi, left-hand half of a double-page composition; separate from its facing folio (S1986.133.1); text: Persian in black naskh script with phrases in gold, blue, and red; recto: illustration: Timur grants an audience on the occasion of his accession to the throne at Balkh; verso: text: twenty-one lines; one of a group of three folios.
Border: The text and the painting are set in gold, red, and blue rulings on cream-colored paper.

Calligrapher: Ya'qub b. Hasan
Historical period: Timurid period, 1436 (839 A.H.)
Medium: Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 35.1 x 24.5 cm (13 13/16 x 9 5/8 in)
Geography: Iran, Shiraz
Collection: Henri Vever collection
Accession Number: S1986.133.2
Classification: Manuscript
Type: Detached manuscript folio
Source: Freer | Sackler

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