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Islamic Art

Timurid & Later Persianate Painting

1258–1501

Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād

Herat school miniatures , c. 1480–1520

Herat / Tabriz. Active c. 1450–1535.

Public domain (Met isPublicDomain=true) Wikimedia Commons

Herat school miniatures by Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād — Public domain (Met isPublicDomain=true) Wikimedia Commons

World Art Timeline surveys 4 traditions, 26 major periods and 95 sub‑periods from 3500 BCE–Present, with 202 figures. Summaries are paraphrased from Wikipedia, not reproduced verbatim.

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