Sultan Mohammed
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Sultan Mohammad was an Iranian painter at the Safavid court in Tabriz under Shah Ismail I and Shah Tahmasp I. He served as the director of Shah Ismail's artists’ workshop and as the first project dire
Signature of Sultan Mohammed: Persian: عمل سلطان محمد "The work of Sultan Muhammad" over the doorway in Allegory of drunkenness, Cartier Hafiz, 1531, Tabriz.
Signature of Sultan Muhammad in the Celebration of Id, Cartier Hafiz, 1531
Bahram Gur in the White Pavilion, Khamsa of Nizami. Sultan Mohammed circa 1505, Tabriz (Topkapi H. 762).
The Mir'aj of Prophet Muhammad, Khamsa of Nizami. Sultan Mohammed circa 1505, Tabriz (Keir Collection, III. 207)
Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp
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The Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp or Houghton Shahnameh is one of the most famous illustrated manuscripts of the Shahnameh, the national epic of Greater Iran, and a high point in the art of the Persian mi
Attributed to Aqa Mirak; Faridun disguised as a dragon tests his sons
"Presentation of Gifts by the Safavid Ambassador, Shahquili, to Sultan Selim II at Edirne in 1568", including the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp. Şehname-I Selim Han, 1581.
The Death of Zahhak, fol. 37b.
Parable of the "Ship of Fate (Ship of Shiism)", fol. 18v.