#ilkhanid

[baebeylik]

Casket with Design of Animal, Vegetal, and Geometric Motifs. Persian, Ilkhanid period. First half of the 14th Century CE.

Saint Louis Art Museum.

[along-the-silkroad]

A Mongol prince studying the Qur'an in a tent mosque, with the inscription above the arch on the left, which is either the entrance or the Mihrab, reading "Allah is the ruler", folio from a manuscript of Rashid al-Din's Jami' al-tawarikh, Tabriz?, Ilkhanid, early 14th century. Staatsbibliothek Berlin, Orientabteilung

Jāmiʿ al-Tawārīkh (“The Compendium of Chronicles”) is an early-14th-century historical work produced in the Mongol Ilkhanate and written by Rashid al-Din Hamadani. Often described as the first true world history, it surveys cultures and major events from China to Europe while also documenting Mongol history to legitimize their rule and cultural legacy.

Originally composed in three volumes in both Persian and Arabic, the work was lavishly illustrated and intended for wide dissemination throughout the Ilkhanate. Although around 20 illustrated copies were produced during Rashid al-Din’s lifetime, only fragments survive today. These manuscripts—preserved in collections in London, Berlin, Edinburgh, and Istanbul—are among the most important surviving examples of Ilkhanid art and represent the largest early corpus of Persian miniature painting.

[dumbbitchhour]

Seljuk or Ilkhanid, Iran, Bowl with two leopards and a deer, 12th-13th c. x

[vulturesouls]

Tile with a flying phoenix and cloud scrolls

Kashan, Iran, ca. 1275 AD, Ilkhanid dynasty

[ashmoleanmuseum]

A Radial Fritware Cup

This stem cup with radiating panels is from 14th century Iran, when the country was ruled by Mongolia under the Ilkhanid dynasty.⁠ ⁠ These invasions began in the early 13th century, and were led by Hülegü, a grandson of Genghis Khan who eventually established rule over most of West Asia. He became known as "Il-Khan", meaning lesser Khan, with reference to the Great Khan ruling in China. While the invasions initially disrupted artistic production, over time, it created an environment which allowed for tremendous creative and cultural exchange.⁠ ⁠ This cup is Fritware with underglaze painting, a type of ceramic that was popular under the Ilkhanids.⁠

[laclefdescoeurs]

A large illuminated Qur'an juz' (XII), Persia, Ilkhanid, early 14th century

[brassmanticore]

Left side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece from Walters manuscript W.559, a Qu’ran copied by scribe Mubarakshah ibn Qutb (honored with the epithet zarrin qalam, “golden pen”) in Ilkhanid Iran, Sha’ban 723 AH/AD 1323.

Walters Art Museum  W.559.2A    

[baebeylik]

Ilkhanid lustreware tile depicting a couple in conversation. Persia/Iran, 13th to 14th Century CE.

Barakat Gallery.