Illuminated Manuscript, Collection of poems (masnavi), A king gives a purse of gold to one of his servants to free a holy man from his debts to money lenders, This is an illustrated and illuminated copy of the collection of poems, known as Mas̱navī-i maʿnavī, of Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (d. 672 AH / 1273 CE). According to the colophon, the text, written in black nastaʿlīq script, was completed in India in 1073 AH / 1663 CE

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