Saturday, May 4, 2024

Camels from Timurid and early Safavid Iran & Central Asia

 Salvete Omnes 


 

 today a quick trip - astride a camel -:) - to Herat & Tabriz during the Timurid period and early Safavid Iran.


 

Both camels - Bactrian and dromedary - were  bred, milked, eaten, traded and used for riding, transport and as beast of burden in caravans within these realms.

Journey of the Prophet




Kamal-ud-din Bihzad was a courtly painter from Herat under the Tiumrid and early Safavid period -

Camels fighting

camel drummer
camel drummer

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Kasim/Qasim Ali - another paintre from Herat

from Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp - MET.




and two pages from Shahnama painted in Safavid Persian in mid XVI century - Christies.



Valete

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