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Zulaykha in her palace and as an old woman with Joseph, from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492); verso from a Panj Ganj of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492), with two masnavis: Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Khirad-nama-i Iskandari (Alexander’s Book of Wisdom)

Text copied by Sultan-Ali Mashhadi (Persian, 1453–1520) for Badi al-Zaman Mirza of Herat Painting, borders, and illumination by Mushfiq (Indian, active 1580s–early 1600s); Text copied in Herat; Painting, borders, and illuminations made in the Deccan for Mughal minister Abd al-Rahim the Khan Khanan
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

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A cheetah caught the buck, as Zulaykha hoped to catch Joseph.

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