'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. (19.7 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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Ruffian Spares, Life, Poor Man, Folio 4v, Mantiq al-tair, Language, Birds, ca, 1600, Iran, Isfahan, Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, gold, paper, Painting, H, 7 3/4, 19.7 cm, Codices, painting, formed part, rare surviving, illustrated, copy, Farid al-Din, Attar, mystical, poem, Originally commissioned, late fifteenth, century, manuscript, left unfinished, completed, century later, reign, Safavid ruler, Shah, Abbas I, r
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