#timurids

Construction of the fort of Khavarnaq, by Bihzad

Herat, ca. 1494-1495 C.E.

Four captive demons, attr. Muhammad Siyah Qalam (Black Pen).

Iran or Central Asia, 1470–1500

Watercolor and gold on silk

Mausoleum of Shirin Beg Agha, sister of Timur, at the Shah-i Zinda necropolis in Samarqand.  The exterior decoration of this tomb includes inscriptions attributed to Socrates, including: “In truth the people of this world are like birds rejoicing.”

Tile, ca. 1444

This cuerda seca tile probably comes from the Ghiyathiyyah madrasah, built in Khargird in Khurasan, Iran, by the vizier of the Timurid ruler Shahrukh.

A Bejewelled Maiden with a Parakeetca. 1670–1700. Mughal Empire