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.
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| Journey of the Prophet |
Kamal-ud-din Bihzad was a courtly painter from Herat under the Tiumrid and early Safavid period -
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| Camels fighting |
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| camel drummer |
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| 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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