The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"Timur before Battle", Folio from a Dispersed Copy of the Zafarnama (Book of Victories) of Sharaf al-din 'Ali Yazdi
Sharaf al-din 'Ali Yazdi|Ya'qub ibn Hasan, known as Siraj al-Husaini
- Date
- A.H. 839/ 1436 CE
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- H. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm) W. 8 in. (20.3 cm)
- Object type
- Folio from an illustrated manuscript
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- Iran
- Object number
- 55.121.16
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1955
Artist information
Iranian, Yazd 1370s–1454 Yazd|active Shiraz, Iran
Subjects and terms
- Horses
- Soldiers
- Men
The Met object ID 451303. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.