ch.13 Islam part III

Question 1

Court of Gayumars, folio from Shah Thamasp’s Shahnama

Answer 1

• Safavid Empire
• Shiraz/Tabriz, Iran
• opaque watercolor and gold on paper
• by Sultan Muhammed
• Gayumars taught basic human tasks
• Chinese influence
• has people, non religious
• leopard skins

Question 2

The Ardabil Carpet

Answer 2

• Safavid Empire
• silk and wool (woven)
• designed by Maqsud of Kashan
• lamps handing from the center
• people prayed on it
• flowers in the background
• 25 million knots

Question 3

Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings

Answer 3

• Mughal Empire
• watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
• by Bichtir
• sufi - muslim mystic
• for private view not displayed
• sun and moon - divinity
• cupids - European influence
• Sufi Shaikh, Ottoman Emperor, King James I, and himself (in order from top to bottom)

Question 4

Taj Mahal

Answer 4

• Mughal Empire
• Uttar Pradesh, India
• stone masonry and marble inlaid with precious and semi-precious stones
• design by Ustad Ahmad Lahori
• commissioned by Shah Jahan
• tomb for his wife
• decorative minarets
• octagonal
• water and gardens - paradise
• symmetrical

Question 5

Bahram Gur Fights the Karg, folio from the Great Il-Khanid Shahnama

Answer 5

• Persian, Il-Khanid Period
• ink, opaque watercolor, gold and silver on paper
• human figures (non-religious)
• persian epic poem
• mongol rule
• riding horse/European robe - power
• halo - divinity
• karg - horned wolf
• Chinese influence