Timurnama
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The Timurnama (Book of Timur) or Zafarnama (Book of Victory) is a poem by the Persian poet Hatefi about the life of the Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur (1336–1405). It was written between 1492 and 1498 and is often viewed as the most important work by Hatefi.
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- Hatefi
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- The sacking of Isfahan. Scene of looting, murder and pillage in which molten metal is poured down a victim's throat. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of the Timurnama. Produced in Bukhara, Iran, mid 16th century.jpg
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The Timurnama (Book of Timur) or Zafarnama (Book of Victory) is a poem by the Persian poet Hatefi about the life of the Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur (1336–1405). It was written between 1492 and 1498 and is often viewed as the most important work by Hatefi.
The Timurnama is the fourth part of Hatefi's Khamsa, a quintet of five long Persian poems, and has been published in India in 1869 and 1958.
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