Illustrations of Ilkhanids in the Diez Album
an early 14th century copy of

Jami‛ al-Tawarikh
by Rashid al-Din.

Universal History or Compendium of Chronicles

Ğāmi‛ al-tavārīḫ. Rašīd al-Dīn Fazl-ullāh Hamadānī

Conquest of Baghdad by the Mongols under Hulāgu 1258.


Conquest of Baghdad by the Mongols, 1258. Left part of a double-page. Water colours and gold on paper. Original size: 37.2 cm x 29 cm. p. 7. Note the pontoon bridge and siege engines.
Conquest of Baghdad by the Mongols, 1258. Right part of a double-page. Water colours and gold on paper. Original size: 37.4 cm x 29.3 cm. p. 4. Note the pontoon bridge, siege engine, and the refugee on the boat, maybe a high dignitary or even the caliph himself.

Next: A battle scene. Diez Album, an early 14th century copy of Jami' al-Tawarikh


Right page referenced on p31, The Mongols (Men-At-Arms Series, 105) by Stephen Turnbull
A highly detailed illustration of the siege of a town, from the Saray Album.

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