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  • Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d. 1209); Couple with attendants; verso: text: Chapter thirty-one: discrediting overindulgence in eating, part from Khusraw va Shirin

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  • Date:"1540s"
  • Topic:"Music"
  • Topic:"Arts of the Islamic World"
  • Place:"Afghanistan"
  • Date:"1530s"
  • Topic:"Lovers"
  • Date:"1510s"
  • Date:"1570s"
  • Date:"1580s"
  • Collection:"Google Cultural Institute"
  • Collection:"Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection"
  • Data source:"Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery"
  • Date:"1500s"
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