Timurid art
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Timurid art is a style of art originating during the rule of the Timurid Empire and was spread across Iran and Central Asia. Timurid art was noted for its usage of both Persian and Chinese styles, as
The Angel Hinders the Offering of Isaac, Shiraz 1410.
Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi in Hazrat-e Turkestan, Kazakhstan.
Yusuf and Zulaikha (Joseph chased by Potiphar's wife), miniature by Behzād, 1488. Sa'di, Bustan, Herat. 30,5x21,5 cm. Cairo, National Library, MS. Arab Farsi 908, f. 52v.
A page from the Anthology of Persian Poetry painted during Iskandar's reign. Painted in Shiraz, 1411.
Jalayirid Sultanate
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The Jalayirid Sultanate, also Ilka dynasty or Ilkanids, was a Mongol dynasty which ruled over modern-day Iraq and western Iran after the breakup of the Ilkhanate in the 1330s. It expanded for about fi
Isfandiyar’s Haft Khvān (Seven Labors), Great Jalayirid Shāhnāma, attr. Ahmad Musa by an inscription, Tabriz or Baghdad, ca. 1370–74. Folio, TSMK, H. 2153
The Khan Mirjan complex, built by the Jalayirid Governor of Baghdad in 1356-58.
The Jalayirid Khamsa of Nizami (British Library, Or.13297) is the earliest known illustrated manuscript of the Khamsa of Nizami. Baghdad, 1386-88.
Royal figure in Khusraw at the castle of Shirin (Freer Galery of Art). Tabriz, 1405-1410.