Les Mongols assiegent Bagdad

• Rachid al-Din Fazl-ollah Hamadini (Afghanistan), 1430-1434 Album leaf, illuminated manuscript,　
• 32 x 23 cm

Many of the illustrations in this fragmentary manuscript by Rachid al-Din's early 15th-century edition of "Collection of History" were painted by the artist Sayf al-Vahedi, who was attached to the Baysonqor library. This folding leaf depicts the siege of Baghdad by Hulegu, the grandson of Chinggis Khan. !!The entire work and details, along with accompanying descriptions and explanations in French, can be found at the following Bibliotheque nationale de France web address (scroll down to the third work and click the images and text):

http://expositions.bnf.fr/splendeurs/genre/main3.htm http://www.bnf.fr/
http://expositions.bnf.fr/splendeurs/genre/index.htm
L'Art du livre arabe http://expositions.bnf.fr/livrarab/index.htm

Splendeurs persanes http://expositions.bnf.fr/splendeurs/