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One of the most common tropes ive noticed in Safavid miniatures revolves around depicting the strength of a character by them cutting things (especially people and goats) in half. Some of these accounts are more believable, while others are obvious Safavid fudd-lore.

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2020-07-02

Youth with a falcon, Safavid miniature, c 1600

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2020-07-01

Bearded man and a woman in a landscape
Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by
period, 1658-1659

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2020-04-16

This work may record the first of two comets sighted in the northern hemisphere in December 1664 & April 1665. The Safavid artist Muhammad Zaman may have produced this image in India or Iran. pic courtesy MET ...2/2

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2020-03-04

More the stunning Safavid paintings and ceilings at the Chehel Sotoun pavilion in Isfahan, a
World Heritage site. I found the frescos here to be hard to photograph well but they are truly priceless, comparable to the best of Renaissance Italy.

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2020-01-07

Also miniature of Safavid Shah Ismail I leading the charge against the Ottomans at the Battle of Chaldiran, which signalled the beginning of a 41-year period of conflict with the Ottoman Empire, that would only temporarily end with the Peace of Amasya in 1555.

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2019-08-23

The figures in the other, less bellicose scene are harder to place. The King of Abyssinia (Prester John?), is beside a warrior usually given as a Safavid King from Persia. The two western kings are sometimes given as those from England & France.

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2018-04-17