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druzhina
02-04-2019, 06:42
I have collected most of the illustrations from the 'Great Mongol' (Demotte) Shahnama, Ilkhanid Tabriz, c.1335. (https://warfare.6te.net/Persia/14/Great_Mongol_Shahnama-Tabriz-Persia.htm)
This was mutilated by a dealer, Demotte, and is now dispersed in a number of libraries and private collections.

Persian Cavalrymen, c.1335 in 'Armies of the Middle Ages, Volume 2' by Ian Heath (https://warfare.6te.net/WRG/Middle_Ages_2-24-25-Persian_Cavalrymen-c1335.htm) is based on:
'Ardashir defeats Bahman' in the Great Mongol (Demotte) Shahnama, Tabriz, c.1335. Detroit Institute of Arts, 35.54 (https://warfare.6te.net/Persia/14/Great_Mongol_Shahnama-Ardashir_defeats_Bahman-Detroit_35-54.htm),
Bahram Gur Kills a Dragon, the Great Mongol (Demotte) Shahnama, Tabriz, c.1335. Cleveland Museum of Art, 1943.658 (https://warfare.6te.net/Persia/14/Great_Mongol_Shahnama-Bahram_Gur_kills_a_dragon-Cleveland_1943_658.htm),
Jami' al-Tawarikh by Rashid al-Din, 1305-14] (https://warfare.6te.net/Persia/14/Jami_al-Tawarikh-1305-14.htm),
Isfandiyar fights the Turanians, from the 'Second Small Shahnama', c.1300. British Museum] (https://warfare.6te.net/Persia/14/2nd_Small-Isfandiyar_fights_the_Turanians.htm) and
'Rustam shoots Isfandiyar in the eyes with a double-pointed arrow' in the Great Mongol (Demotte) Shahnama, Tabriz, c.1335. Harvard Art Museums. (Rustam wears a tiger skin.) (https://warfare.6te.net/Persia/14/Great_Mongol_Shahnama-Rustam_shoots_Isfandiyar_in_the_eyes.htm)

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illustrations from the 'Great Mongol' (Demotte) Shahnama, Ilkhanid Tabriz, c.1335. (https://warfare.x10host.com/Persia/14/Great_Mongol_Shahnama-Tabriz-Persia.htm)
Persian Cavalrymen, c.1335 in 'Armies of the Middle Ages, Volume 2' by Ian Heath (https://warfare.x10host.com/WRG/Middle_Ages_2-24-25-Persian_Cavalrymen-c1335.htm)

Druzhina
Illustrations of Costume and Soldiers (https://warfare.ueuo.com/index.htm)