Dastani-i Amir Hamza (Hamza-nameh), Assad ibn Kariba attacks the army of Iraj at night.

 
Date Description Source Reference
1575 A.D. Three wall tents and two conical tents. 

Foreground. 

Roof of a light red bell tent, disc top with apron, each roof panel is decorated with a white intricate pattern. 

Red wall tent, red disc apexes, blue end and roof edge drape. 

Middle ground. 

Wall tent, red disc apexes and gold apron, red roof with blue decorations on roof at the centre of both the short and long sides, thin white roof edge, the wall poles (white with red and blue horizontal lines) are clearly visible, the brown points where the poles attach show a two point attachment for the guy ropes, it appears the yellow coloured walls are pulled up revealing the blue interior. Also the guy ropes in the front of the tent are tied up out of the way. 

Centre. 

White wall tent with red roof edge drape, red end pole with some apex decoration, wall poles visible through open door way, also showing a grey interior. 

Light red bell tent, similar to bell tent in foreground, roof decoration repeated on walls.

“Painting from the Dastani-i Amir Hamza (Hamza-nameh) India, c. 1575. ‘Assad ibn Kariba attacks the army of Iraj at night.’ Metropolitan Musuem of Art, New York.” Grube, E.J., The World of Islam, London, 1966, p. 152.


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