Miniature «The Battle between Bahram Chubina and Sava kaghan». From a Persian manuscript of Firdawsi’s Shahnameh. Shiraz, circa 1560 / Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) / Wikimedia Commons
Genealogical portrait of Timur, one of the earliest known depictions. “Turco-Mongol Genealogy”. Samarkand, circa 1405–1409 / Topkapi Palace Museum / Wikimedia Commons
Mahmud al-Kashgari's map of Turkic peoples from Diwan Lughat al-Turk. 11th century / Wikimedia Commons
Preaching scene at Rayy, Maqamat al-Hariri, maqāma 21, fols. 58v–59r (double-page spread as a unit). 1237 / Bibliothèque nationale de France
Sayf al-Vahidi et al. Mongols besieging Baghdad. Сirca 1430–1434 / Bibliothèque nationale de France / Wikimedia Commons
One of the earliest examples of Turkic script. Kulı Chor inscription. Early 8th century / Ebiztir / Wikimedia Commons
Ismail Gasprinski. Crimean Tatar educator, publisher, and one of the founders of Jadidism and Pan-Turkism. A leading figure of the Muslim intelligentsia in the Russian Empire. Photo by Georgy Shamkharov. Baku, 1894 / Institute of Manuscripts of Azerbaijan / Wikimedia Commons