Scene from the only known illustrated manuscript of the poem, the Romance of Varqa and Gulshah, by Urwa b
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Scene from the only known illustrated manuscript of the poem, the Romance of Varqa and Gulshah, by Urwa b

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Scene from the only known illustrated manuscript of the poem, the Romance of Varqa and Gulshah, by Urwa b,Huzam al Udhri, paintings by Abd al Mumin al Khuwayyi. Gulshah (right) disguised as a man, reveals her face to the kidnapper Rabi. Behind him is her defeated lover Varqa, wounded and bound. Islamic. c 1250 AD. Konya (?), Turkey.

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Werner Forman Archive/ Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul MS Hazine 841

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Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman

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UMG12A32_429

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25.7Mo (2.2Mo) / 29.4cm x 21.9cm / 3472 x 2584 (300dpi)

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