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Folio from the Shahnameh (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp. Accession Number: AKM165. Creator: Attributed to Safavid master Sultan Muhammad. Place: Iran, Tabriz. Dimensions: 45 x 30 cm. Date: ca.1524–1525. Materials and Technique: Opaque watercolour, ink, and gold on paper. Firdausi’s epic poem the Shahnameh (Book of Kings), completed in 1010 ...
Tahmasp I, born on 22 February 1514, was the eldest son of Shah Isma˓il. He succeeded his father to the throne in 1524 and ruled Iran until his death on 14 May 1576. His fifty-two-year reign was marked by religious consolidation and battles with rival Uzbeks and Ottomans. Tahmasp came to power at age ten, at which time Qizilbash (Turkoman ...
Shahnama. of Shah Tahmasp. Around 1524, the Safavid ruler Shah Tahmasp (reigned 1524–76) commissioned an illustrated manuscript of the Shahnama. He recruited the most talented painters, calligraphers, illuminators, and binders to work in the royal workshop and spared no expense. The workshop in the Safavid capital of Tabriz produced the 759 ...
029-40 Cutillas, J.:Maquetación 1 21/04/16 16:23 Página 29 WAR AND DIPLOMACY: A LETTER DESCRIBING SHAH TAHMASP I AND HIS MINISTERS José Cutillas Ferrer University of Alicante S Tahmasp I (1514-76; r. 1524-76) attracted the attention of European courts with his extraordinary personality, prompting these to send emissaries to his court.
29 apr 2014 · Yale University Press, Apr 29, 2014 - Art - 359 pages. The Shahnama, an epic poem from the 10th century that chronicles Iran’s mythical history before the founding of Islam, has been immortalized in numerous illustrated copies. . The illuminated pages of the 16th-century Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp, known as the most beautiful edition ever ...
Campaign of Tahmasp I (1552) — It refers to the campaign of Shah Tahmasp, the second ruler of the Safavid Empire, which was carried out in response to the campaigns of Sultan Suleiman to the Safavid lands. The purpose of the campaign was to carry out plunder, obtain prisoners and force peace by destroying the rear of the Ottoman Empire .
While the entire manuscript of the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp I consists of approximately 759 illustrated folios and 258 miniatures all produced over the span of several years, 5 this particular miniature is attributed to the workshop of Sultan Muhammad, according to Dust Muhammad, an artist and historian from this period. 6 In 1568, this lavish Shahnameh was given as a gift by Shah Tahmasp I ...
