Title: "Timur before Battle", Folio from a Dispersed Copy of the Zafarnama (Book of Victories) of Sharaf al-din 'Ali Yazdi
Object type: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Date: 839 AH/1436 CE
Artist:  Sharaf al-din 'Ali Yazdi 
Artist bio: Iranian, Yazd 1370s–1454 Yazd
Artist nationality: Iranian
Artist role: Author
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
Dimensions: H. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm)
W. 8 in. (20.3 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1955
Geography: Made in    Iran      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Soldiers, term: Men, term: Horses