Overview of Works and Products of Prince Baisonqor Mirza Library in Herat

Timorids’ reign transformed function of libraries, particularly the royal ones, and turned them from mere storing places into manufacturing workstations. In the meantime, the library reliant on Prince Baisonqor Mirza’s court in Herat had a unique position since the books produced in that location (illustrated, non illustrated manuscripts, independent paintings and drawings, marquetry, and Baisonqori Quran) created a book illustration style that had a constant influence on the future of this art in the East and Muslim World. This article attempts to overview the above mentioned points thoroughly and comprehensively by means of two main historical, analytical methodologies, in a way that meanwhile conducting a census and organizing them, it surveys each in terms of the most important features dominating the book illustration style.