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An illustration by Sayf Al-Vahedi in the 1430-1434 copy of
Jami' al-Tawarikh
by Rashid al-Din (author).
Universal History
Ğāmi‛ al-tavārīḫ. Rašīd al-Dīn Fazl-ullāh Hamadānī
Folio 72r. Battle of Valiyan (1221).
Herat, Afghanistan; around 1430-1434, probably by Sayf Al-Vahedi. BnF. MS. Supplément Persan 1113
The Jami' al-Tawarikh was commissioned by Mahmud Ghazan, begun as a history of the Mongols and their dynasty and then expanded to include history from Adam to Rashid al-Din's present day. It was completed during the reign of Oljeitu in 1307-1316.
The Jami' al-Tawarikh is perhaps the single most comprehensive Persian source on the Mongol period.
Sayf Al-Vahedi, who worked as painter in the workshop-library of Baysonqor (Bayasanghor, grandson of Timur), is the painter of the majority of the illustrations of this manuscript.
Back to the smaller image of the Battle of Valiyan (1221), Timurid Jami' al-Tawarikh, 1430-1434. BnF. MS. Supplément Persan 1113.
