Timur+Iraq+Sultan+jalal+Mongols+Gashtasb+Roman+Emperor+Mansur+Seljuk+Baghdad+Bahram+Kitab+Nigaristan+Damascus+Barmaki+Wallpaper+Art+Illustration+Persian+wall painting

Tīmūr and his army during the campaign in Iraq

Sultan Jalāl al-Dīn and his men after their defeat by the Mongols

 Gashtāsb playing polo in the presence of the Roman Emperor

 Tīmūr fighting Shah Manṣūr

 The daughter of Seljuk Sultan Malikshāh, mounted on a camel, 

meeting her bridegroom on her way to Baghdad

 Bahrām Gūr killing a white elephant

Giving the name of the work, Kitāb-i Nigāristān, 

and the author's name, Ahmad Ghaffārī.

 Munzir ibn Mughīrah of Damascus being received by the vizier Fazl Barmakī

Giving the name of the work, Kitāb-i Nigāristān, 

and the author's name, Ahmad Ghaffārī.

Sarāmās singing before Tīmūr

This is an illuminated and illustrated Safavid copy of the History of Nigaristan (Iran), known as Kitāb-i Nigāristān or Tārīkh-i Nigāristān by Ahmad Ghaffārī (d. 975 AH / 1567-8 CE). The colophon indicates that it was completed on 5 Shawwāl 976 AH / 1569 CE. The manuscript opens with a double-page illuminated frontispiece, and there are eight paintings illustrating the text in a style that has been associated with the school of painting at Shīrāz. The border is comprised of cartouches alternating with roundels. All are gold-brushed and decorated with floral and cloud motifs.