Amir Sheikh Nuz ad-Din Killing a Lion in front of the Emperor Timur
Zafarnama of Ibrahim Sultan, Timurid Shiraz, 1436
(Book of Victories) of Sharaf al-din 'Ali Yazdi (1424-54)

28, Amir Sheikh Nuz ad-Din Killing a Lion in front of the Emperor Timur.

Shiraz, dated 839 (A.D. 1436). 9 x 6½ in.

From a Zafar Nameh (History of Timur) by Sharaf ad-Din Ali Yazdi. The manuscript was written by the scribe Ya'qub ibn Husam, called Siraj al-Husayni al-Sultani.

The bulk of the manuscript is in the Kevorkian Foundation, New York (Robinson cat. 23). Detached miniatures are in museums in Cambridge, Cleveland, Montreal, New York, Seattle, Senignano (Italy-Berenson Collection), Washington, and Worcester, as well as private collections. See Robinson, Bodleian, p, 23; Grube, pp. 44-45, nos. 32-33.
Source: Islamic Art From The Collection Of Edwin Binney 3rd, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 1966