The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"Siege of Baghdad", Folio from a Dispersed copy of the Zafarnama (Book of Victory) of Sharaf al-din 'Ali Yazdi
Sharaf al-din 'Ali Yazdi|Ya'qub ibn Hasan, known as Siraj al-Husaini|Unknown
- Date
- Dhu'l Hijja 839 A.H./June–July 1436 CE
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Page: H. 13 1/8 in. (33.4 cm) W. 9 11/16 in. (24.6 cm) Measurements of text page with r: H. 9 5/16 in. (23.7 cm) W. 6 3/16 in. (15.7 cm) Measurements of miniature withou: H. 7 13/16 in. (19.8 cm) W. 6 in. (15.2 cm)
- Object type
- Folio from an illustrated manuscript
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- Iran
- Object number
- 67.266.1
- Credit line
- Louis V. Bell Fund, 1967
Artist information
Iranian, Yazd 1370s–1454 Yazd|active Shiraz, Iran|
Subjects and terms
- Rivers
- Soldiers
- Bow and Arrow
- Men
The Met object ID 451956. 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.