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"Allusion to Sura 27:16", Folio from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
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"Allusion to Sura 27:16", Folio from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)

Farid al-Din `Attar · dated 892 AH/1486 CE · Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

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Credit line"Allusion to Sura 27:16", Folio from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds). dated 892 AH/1486 CE. Farid al-Din `Attar. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fletcher Fund, 1963. CC0.
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