Worshippers at the Kaaba, The Kaaba surrounded by worshipper; a young man fallen in a faint before it (illustrating the biography of Sutan Ibrahim Adh

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Worshippers at the Kaaba, The Kaaba surrounded by worshipper; a young man fallen in a faint before it (illustrating the biography of Sutan Ibrahim Adham). A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of Majalis al-'Ushshaq ('The Assemblies of the Lovers'). Image taken from Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Originally published in Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600.

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Photo credit: © BRITISH LIBRARY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: 1590-1600, al-ushshaq, artwork, faint, fainting, group, husayn, ill-health, illustration, majalis, mirza, people, persian, religion, sultan, worship, worshipping