Sultan Muhammad
1554
16th-century Persian miniaturist
Sultan Mohammad was an Iranian painter at the Safavid court in Tabriz under Shah Ismail I and Shah Tahmasp I. He served as the director of Shah Ismail's artists’ workshop and as the first project director of the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp. He gave painting lessons to Tahmasp when he was the crown prince.
!["Tahmuras Defeats the Divs", Folio 23v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/"Tahmuras_Defeats_the_Divs"%2C_Folio_23v_from_the_Shahnama_(Book_of_Kings)_of_Shah_Tahmasp_MET_DP107119.jpg/500px-"Tahmuras_Defeats_the_Divs"%2C_Folio_23v_from_the_Shahnama_(Book_of_Kings)_of_Shah_Tahmasp_MET_DP107119.jpg)
!["The Feast of Sada", Folio 22v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/"The_Feast_of_Sada"%2C_Folio_22v_from_the_Shahnama_(Book_of_Kings)_of_Shah_Tahmasp_MET_1970.301.2.jpg/500px-"The_Feast_of_Sada"%2C_Folio_22v_from_the_Shahnama_(Book_of_Kings)_of_Shah_Tahmasp_MET_1970.301.2.jpg)
![The mobad interprets Zahhak's dream](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/"Zahhak_is_Told_His_Fate"%2C_Folio_29v_from_the_Shahnama_(Book_of_Kings)_of_Shah_Tahmasp_MET_DT11224.jpg/500px-"Zahhak_is_Told_His_Fate"%2C_Folio_29v_from_the_Shahnama_(Book_of_Kings)_of_Shah_Tahmasp_MET_DT11224.jpg)
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