EditorialThe prince is seated on the right beneath a tree holding a cup and a bottle of wine, his sword and 'katar' on the ground beside him. The princess sits by a waterfall on the left, holding a flower wand. A picnic is spread on the grass between them; a ro...
EditorialTimur together with his horse and three army leaders being lowered by ropes down a mountainside in the Kaf mountains (1397). Zafarnama. India, 1600. Source: Or. 1052, f.182v. Language: Persian.
EditorialFemale fighters from the Kurdistan Freedom Party, an Iranian opposition group, walk to their mountainside base in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2022. (Emily Garthwaite/The New York Times)