Sultan Muhammad

1470–1555 · Safavid Iran

Sultan Mohammad (Persian: سلطان محمد) was an Iranian painter at the Safavid court in Tabriz under Shah Ismail I (r. 1501–1524) and Shah Tahmasp I (r. 1524–1576). He served as the director of Shah Ismail's artists’ workshop and as the first project director of the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp. Wikipedia

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Works

“The ascent of Muhammad to heaven (mi'rāj) (Khamseh)”, 1543
“Sleeping Rustam”
“Tiran Zahhak”
“Death of Zahhak”
“The court of Gayumars”, 1537
“From the Khamsa of Nizami: The Old Woman complaining to Sultan Sanjar”, 1543
“Zahhak receives the daughters of Jamshid”, 1520s — Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art
“Tur Beheads Iraj” — Cincinnati Art Museum