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14th or 15th Century Illustrations of Aq-Qoyunlu (White Sheep) Turkmen

From Manuscript Hazine 2153 (Fatih Album), of the Saray Albums, Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul Turkey

Siyah Qalem (black pen) school



Turkmen Bridal Procession

folios 3v-4r

Turkmen Falconer

folio 6b

Turkmen Cavalry Combat
     Turkmen Armoured Infantry
folio 138v

Turkmen Infantry

folio 138v

Turkmen Transporting Ceramics from China



Wolf trainers
folio 85a


The Fatih album has a mixture of paintings and caligraphy from a variety of sources, so the places and dates of production are uncertain.

Other images from Ms Hazine 2153:
Turkmen Nomads from Hazine 2153
Illustrations from a 14th Century Shahnama, copied in Tabriz, Iran, in Codex Hazine 2153, Topkapi Sarai Museum.
Jalayrids from a late 14th Century Shahnama from Hazine 2153
Public punishment of three miscreants, second half of 15th century, Timurid, Tabriz, Iran
Battle between two warriors on horseback, c.1478-90, Timurid, Tabriz, Iran



See also Late 15th Century Illustrations of Soldiers of the Turkmen States of Persia or Anatolia in Hazine 2152
Aq Qoyunlu (White Sheep) Turkmen in the Divan of Hidayat
Jalayrid Mongols
Timurids and Turkmen successors










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