File:Siege Baghdad Zafarnama Met 67.266.1.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file (2,598 × 3,570 pixels, file size: 11.88 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
English: Siege of Baghdad by Timur

Français : Le siège de Bagdad par Tamerlan

  (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Ya'qub ibn Hasan, known as Siraj al-Husaini (calligrapher)
Title
English: Siege of Baghdad by Timur
Français : Le siège de Bagdad par Tamerlan
Description
English: Inhabitants of Baghdad attempt to flee by swimming across the Tigris. Folio from a manuscript of the Zafarnama (History of Timur) by Sharaf al-Din 'Ali Yazdi.
Français : Les habitants de Bagdad tentent de fuir en traversant l'Euphrate à la nage. Folio d'un manuscrit du Zafarnama (Vie de Tamerlan) de Sharaf al-Din 'Ali Yazdi.
Date 1435-1436 AD (839 AH)
Medium ink, opaque watercolor, gold and silver on paper
Dimensions height: 23.7 cm (9.3 in); width: 15.7 cm (6.1 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,23.7U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,15.7U174728
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
Department of Islamic Art, gallery 455
Accession number
67.266.1
Object history Provenance: Shiraz in Iran
Credit line 1967: purchased through Louis V. Bell Fund
References Metropolitan Museum of Art: entry 140008616
Source/Photographer Marie-Lan Nguyen (2011)
Permission
(Reusing this file)
Public domain

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1930.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current15:48, 3 July 2012Thumbnail for version as of 15:48, 3 July 20122,598 × 3,570 (11.88 MB)Jastrow (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Artwork |artist =Ya'qub ibn Hasan, known as Siraj al-Husaini (calligrapher) |title = {{en|Siege of Baghdad by Timur}} {{fr|Le siège de Bagdad par Tamerlan}} |description = {{en|Inhabitants of Bagh...

You cannot overwrite this file.

The following page uses this file:

File usage on other wikis

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Siege_Baghdad_Zafarnama_Met_67.266.1.jpg&oldid=971924350"