"A Ruffian Spares the Life of a Poor Man", Folio 4v from a Mantiq al-tair (Language of the Birds), ca. 1600

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A Ruffian Spares the Life of a Poor Man', Folio 4v from a Mantiq al-tair (Language of the Birds), ca. 1600, Made in Iran, Isfahan, Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper, Painting: H. 7 3/4 in. ( cm), Codices, This painting once formed part of a rare surviving illustrated copy of Farid al-Din 'Attar’s mystical poem, the Mantiq al-tair (Language of the Birds). Originally commissioned in the late fifteenth century, the manuscript was left unfinished, completed over a century later during the reign of the Safavid ruler Shah 'Abbas I (r

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