Turkic, Turks, History, Islam, Civilization, Culture, Art, Turkish, Azerbaijan
Iron and steel war mask made in the late 15th century, possibly in Akkoyunlu, a state founded by Turkic tribes in 1350 and stretching from the Caspian Sea to modern-day Syria during its 15th-century heyday. (Great Turkic Civilization. Art and Culture.) https://t.co/eXogI7vy6D This folio bears five lines of text with vowels. The decorative vocabulary of the illumination, the copious use of gold, and the types of flowers depicted reflect the prominence of Chinese-derived motifs in the art of book illumination in 14-century Iran https://t.co/cvkAJLCk8c Silver deer, 8th century AD, The Great Turk King Bilge Khan: The silver deer found inside the king's treasure. Great Turkic Civilization. (The treasure of Bilge Khan.) https://t.co/IU0GMehfej This ink and watercolor illustration of the story of Jonah and the Whale is found in the Tawarikh, the most important written history of the Mongol Empire. The manuscripts text was written by Rashid al-Din in the 14th century in Tabriz, in modern-...