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"id": 124164,
"description": "Portrait of Asaf Khan (1569\u20131641), from the Late Shah Jahan Album, c. 1653. Mughal India, court of Shah Jahan (1627\u201358). Gum tempera and gold on paper; image: 19 x 11.9 cm (7 1/2 x 4 11/16 in.); overall: 38 x 24.8 cm (14 15/16 x 9 3/4 in.); with mat: 49 x 36.3 cm (19 5/16 x 14 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1945.168",
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"description": "Persian calligraphy framed by an ornamental border of flowers, birds, and deer, from the Late Shah Jahan Album, calligraphy: c. 1500\u20131540; border: c. 1630\u201340. Mir 'Ali Haravi (Persian, active in Herat, Afghanistan, died c. 1550). Gum tempera, gold, and ink on paper; overall: 36.8 x 25.2 cm (14 1/2 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Herbert F. Leisy in memory of his wife, Helen Stamp Leisy 1977.207",
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"did_you_know": "The holy man sits under a tree, an ancient Indian place of honor.",
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"description": "Most paintings in the Late Shah Jahan Album were commissioned specifically for the album, but some older finished works were chosen to be incorporated; they were removed from their original housings and inserted into the new borders. This painting of a Mughal prince visiting a Sufi holy man in his cave dwelling is one example, chosen probably because it underscores the importance of the religious dimension of Mughal life. The conch on the ground before the ascetic is blown at the beginning of prayer, which in the Sufi tradition is often sung to the accompaniment of music. The pair of ducks in the foreground imply the harmonious union of the spiritual and temporal in the Mughal realm. Mendicant Islamic ascetics fill the borders on this page, except for the one noble retainer standing by the prince.",
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"citation": "Divyabhanusinh. The End of a Trail: The Cheetah in India. New Delhi: Banyan Books, 1995.",
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"citation": "Cross, Stephen. Ex Oriente Lux: How the Upanishads Came to Europe. London: Temenos Academy, 1999.",
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"citation": "Gloire des princes, louange des dieux: patrimoine musical de l'Hindoustan du XIVe au XXe sie\u0300cle : 19 mars-29 juin 2003, Muse\u0301e de la musique, Paris. Paris: Cite\u0301 de la musique, Muse\u0301e de la musique, 2003.",
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