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Folio from a Zafarnama (Book of victories) by Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi (died 1454); recto: text; verso: illustration: Timur grants an audience on the occasion of his accession to the throne at Balkh
Calligrapher: Ya'qub b. Hasan, Patron: Ibrahim-Sultan1436 (839 A.H.)
Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art
Washington, DC, United States
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- Title: Folio from a Zafarnama (Book of victories) by Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi (died 1454); recto: text; verso: illustration: Timur grants an audience on the occasion of his accession to the throne at Balkh
- Creator: Calligrapher: Ya'qub b. Hasan, Patron: Ibrahim-Sultan
- Date Created: 1436 (839 A.H.)
- Location: Iran, Shiraz
- External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Freer|Sackler collection, please visit http://www.asia.si.edu/.
- Medium: Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
- Historical Period: Timurid period
- Credit Line: Purchase--Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
- Collection: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
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