FSG325433 Timur\'s entry into Samarqand, folio from a Zafarnama (Book of Conquest) Shiraz, Iran, Timurid Dynasty, 1436 (opaque watercolour, ink and gold on paper) by Persian School, (15th century); 25.9x13.2 cm; Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, USA; (add.info.: Timur (1336-1405), known as Tamerlane, was a Turco-Mongol conqueror and founder of the Timurid dynasty in Central Asia. The Zafarnama (Persian: 婺?堭?塈???? lit. Book of Victory) is a biography of Timur completed by the Persian historian Sharaf ad-Din Ali Yazdi between 1424 and 28 (AH 828??32) commissioned by Ibrahim Sultan, Timur\'s grandson. Yazdi relied on a previous biography of Timur, also called the Zafarnama, by Nizam ad-Din Shami in 1404.); 穢 Freer Slacker Gallery ; Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution; Persian, out of copyright.