Ilkhanid

Style associated with the Islamic dynasty; they were important patrons of architecture and the book arts.

Dates

1258–1335

Places

Asia > Central Asia > Turkmenistan, South Asia > Pakistan, West Asia > Armenia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey

Basics Works of Art Curated Guides

Ilkhanid

Style associated with the Islamic dynasty; they were important patrons of architecture and the book arts.

Dates

1258–1335

Places

Asia > Central Asia > Turkmenistan, South Asia > Pakistan, West Asia > Armenia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey

Basics Works of Art Curated Guides

Basics to get you started

About chronological periods in the Islamic world

Arts of the Islamic world

Illumination of the Qur’an

Musical imagery in the Global Middle Ages

Common types of mosque architecture

The rise and fall of the Mongol Empire

Works of Art

Kilwa pot sherds

c. 1000–1500

Making and mutilating manuscripts of the Shahnama

c. 1330

c. 1524–25

c. 1330–40

c. 1330

Folio from a Shahnama, The Bier of Iskandar (Alexander the Great)

c. 1330

Bahram Gur Fights the Karg (Horned Wolf)

c. 1330–40

Mihrab from Isfahan (Iran)

1354–55

Bahram Gur in a Peasant’s House

early 14th century

The Great Mosque (or Masjid-e Jameh) of Isfahan

8th–20th centuries

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Curated Guides to Ilkhanid

All Textbook Chapters Syllabi

Textbook Chapter

Framing Islamic art

Textbook Chapter

Islamic art c. 900–1400

Thematic Series

Islamic Art and Architecture

Syllabus

Islamic Art and Architecture Syllabus

Ilkhanid

Ilkhanid

Basics to get you started