Illuminated Manuscript, Yusuf and Zulaykha, This is an illuminated and illustrated copy of Yūsuf va Zulaykhā (Joseph and the Potiphar's wife) by Jāmī (d. 898 AH / 1492 CE). According to the colophon, the text was written by Muḥammad Mīrak in Kashmir in 1190 AH / 1776 CE on the order of Badal Khān Ṣāḥib. Incomplete at the beginning, the text is illustrated with thirty-four paintings. Here Zylaykhā tries to persuade her husband to send Joseph to prison

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