| Date | Description | Source | Reference |
| 1520 - 1530 A.D. | Four bell tents, one possible yurt and one unusual tent.
Bell tent, whit roof and vent cover, dark reinforcment arears at single point guy rope attachments points, decorated valance (black diamond shapes within white diamond shapes surrounded by blue lines), a similar but smaller valance overhangs the door, very ornate pole (thicker base section than top, gold bands around centre join), only the back section of the walls are still attached (white on the outside, the inside is highly decorated (light blue background, divided by gold stripes with a dark blue decorative motif. White rectangular tent, flat roof, no decorations, light blue interior, one guy rope visible attached to the top corner of the tent, this may be an "ablutions tent", the man about to enter has a green cloth over his left arm and a gold jug in his right hand. Possibly a red yurt, under a white bell tent roof, white vent cover, blue striped valance. Two white bell tents, white vent cover, blue then green alternate striped valance. Off white bell tent, flat topped apex, alternatively blue and white striped valance. |
The Court of Faridun, Folio 38v of Shah Tahmasp's Shahnameh, Attributed to Qadimi, Iran, Tabriz c. 1520 30. | Falk, T., Treasures of Islam, London, 1985. |
| Yurt, intricate red and gold design on vent cover, roof and walls, inside of vent cover in blue, red vent, around the vent is an orange band, the valance consists of a dark blue band and large orange scalloping, the rectangular door is outlined in green. | Salam and Tur recieve the reply of Faridun, Folio 53v of Shah Tahmasp's Shahnameh, Attributed to Abdul-Aziz, Iran, Tabriz c. 1520-30. | Falk, T., Treasures of Islam, London, 1985. |
See Preparing for the “Joust of the Twelve Rooks”, Attributed to Mirza Àli.
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