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"inscription": "Ever since knotted locks of your hair were tied around your throat,/ \nMy neck has also been chained by your tresses./ \nHenceforth my lot is to lament and cry,/ \nsounding like the [awakening] caravan bell,/ \nProtesting against these fellow travelers who have tied a heavy load on a nightingale.",
"inscription_translation": "The central poem by the Persian poet Ibn-I Yamin (1286\u20131368) calls for stoicism rather than fear of unexpected calamities. It is framed by four small panels containing verses from a love song by the Persian poet Amir Shahi Sabezavari, who died in 1453.",
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"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": "Prince and ascetics, from the Late Shah Jahan Album, c. 1630. Attributed to Govardhan (Indian, active c.1596\u20131645). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; image: 20.3 x 14.3 cm (8 x 5 5/8 in.); sheet with border: 37.5 x 25.2 cm (14 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1971.79",
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"did_you_know": "On the right, two white-throated kingfishers, a species native to Asia, sit on thin vines.",
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The central poem, by Ibn-i Yamin (Persian, 1286\u20131368), encourages the reader not to worry about unexpected calamities.",
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