'Shaikh San'an beneath the Window of the Christian Maiden', Folio18r from a Mantiq al-tair (Language of the Birds), ca. 1600, Made in Iran, Isfahan, Opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper, Painting: H. 2 7/8 in. (7.4 cm), Codices, This Safavid illustration depicts a scene from a famous story of Shaikh San'an that is often illustrated in other manuscripts of the Mantiq al-Tayr. The story is as follows: A celebrated shaikh named San'an went from Ka'ba to Greece and fell in love with a Christian maiden
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