Lives of the Saints. 17th Century illustration depicting Sarri Saqati watching his child being pulled out of the millstream by its mother. From 'Nafah

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Lives of the Saints. 17th Century illustration depicting Sarri Saqati watching his child being pulled out of the millstream by its mother. From 'Nafahat al-uns' (The Lives of the Saints) (1603), by the Sufi Islamic scholar and mystic, Nur al-Din 'Abd al-Rahman (commonly known as Jami).

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