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The Timurid kitabkhana system infused the already rich pool of Iranian traditions of arts of book with a heretofore unseen refinement. The region from Anatolia to central
Asia used common vocabulary of forms and techniques whose rate of chang from sixth and seventh centuries to the Timurid period was subtle. This taste for complexity increased under Sultan Husain which was one of the great strengths of the kitabkhana system at that time. The key to the creation of Sultan Husain’s Atelier lies in the methods and ojectives of its staff in kitabkhana, Those Artists and craftsmen are responsible for visualizing princely aspirations. In this article details of the relationship between the kitabkhana and its Timurid patrons under Sultan Husain are discussed which may well be designs for a wide variety of defferent media.