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Islam. Muhammad Juki Mirza (1402 – 1445) was a Timurid prince and a son of the Central Asian ruler Shah Rukh. He served as one of his father's military commanders and may have been favoured as his preferred successor. However, he died of illness in 1445, predeceasing Shah Rukh by two years.
1 de may. de 2011 · February 9 - May 1, 2011. Asia Society Museum presents one of the finest surviving Persian manuscripts—an exquisite and richly illuminated 15th-century volume commissioned by the Timurid prince Muhammad Juki (1402-1444).
The manuscript on view was produced in the early 1440s for the prince Muhammad Juki (1402–1445). A classically beautiful work, the Juki Shahnamah boasts sumptuous colors, striking compositions, and elegant calligraphy. It is the finest surviving Persian illustrated manuscript of its day.
Muhammad Juki’s Shahnamah is a superb example of a Persian manuscript from the fifteenth century. The text is in the elegant script form called nasta ʿ liq, which at the time of its production was the preferred style for fine copies of poetry.
The Shahnamah (RAS 239) copied for the Timurid prince, Muhammad Juki (1402–1445) in Herat, has long been considered one of the finest surviving, illustrated Timurid manuscripts.
Muhammad Juki's Shahnamah of Firdausi, Barbara Brend, London: Royal Asiatic Society and Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd, 2010, ISBN 978-0-85667-672-7, x + 214pp., 78 color plates and details. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 January 2022
Muhammad Juki, the original patron of the manuscript, was the grandson of the great central Asian conqueror, Timur. The first Mughal emperor, Babur, was a fifth generation descendent of Timur. Like Muhammad Juki, Babur and the Mughal emperors that followed him were great patrons of Persian artistic culture.
