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Late 14th? Century Illustrations of Soldiers of the Turkmen States of Persia or Anatolia

From Manuscript Hazine 2152, of the Saray Albums, Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul Turkey
















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Rustam and (the horse) Rakhsh Treated by the Simurgh, fol.48a


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Source: Turkish Cultural Foundation. Nurhan Atasoy Archive

The Saray albums have a mixture of paintings and caligraphy from a variety of sources, so the places and dates of production are uncertain.

Aq Qoyunlu (White Sheep) Turkmen in the Divan of Hidayat
Aq Qoyunlu (White Sheep) Turkmen in the Fatih album (Hazine 2153)
Turkmen Nomads from Hazine 2153
Turkmen Soldiers from Hazine 2160


Timurids and Turkmen successors
Persian Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers
Ottoman Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers




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