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accession number:	2013.315.1.b
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Illuminated page (verso), from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al- Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492) with two Persian masnavis: Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Khirad-nama-i Iskandari (Alexander’s Book of Wisdom), 1603–7. Mushfiq (Indian, active early 1600s), Sultan 'Ali al-Mashadi (Iranian, 1430–1520). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; text area: 17.8 x 9.5 cm (7 x 3 3/4 in.); page: 31.6 x 20.4 cm (12 7/16 x 8 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection 2013.315.1.b

title:				Illuminated page (verso), from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al- Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492) with two Persian masnavis: Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Khirad-nama-i Iskandari (Alexander’s Book of Wisdom)
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creation date:			1603–7
creation date earliest:		1603
creation date latest:		1607
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creditline:			Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
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culture:	India, Mughal patronage in Deccan style, early 17th century
technique:	Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Mughal
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Mushfiq (Indian, active early 1600s)  - artist

* Sultan 'Ali al-Mashadi (Iranian, 1430–1520) 
Persian calligrapher, active ca. 1453-1519, died 1520
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measurements: Text area: 17.8 x 9.5 cm (7 x 3 3/4 in.); Page: 31.6 x 20.4 cm (12 7/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
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	inscription:	[[Persian title in gold, nasta’liq script]] Khirad-nama-I Iskandari
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art and Stories from Mughal India
	opening date:   2016-07-31T04:00:00
	<i>Art and Stories from Mughal India</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Georges Demotte [1877–1923], Paris, France, and New York, NY
	date: before 1923
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	French private collection
	date: 1940s
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	(Christie's, London, England, Islamic Art, Indian Miniatures, October 18, 1994 sale, lot 9)
	date: October 18, 1994
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	Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Ralph Benkaim Collection
	date: 1994–2013
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2013-
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wall description:
This section of text from Jami’s poem of Joseph and Zulaykha, written diagonally in the margins, describes the beauties of Zulaykha’s house, in which she intends to seduce Joseph. It includes the following verses: Jeweled lamps on the walls were hung / And odorous herbs were beneath them flung. / She gathered together all things most fair, / And unrolled the carpet of pleasure there. / But amid the charms of the sumptuous hall / She longed only for Joseph, far dearer than all. / A heavenly palace is dark and dim / To a lover whose darling is far from him. <br><br>The longing of Zulaykha for Joseph metaphorically describes an imperfect devotee’s mystical love for God. With patience, forbearance, and virtuous actions, unification with the divine will eventually occur, even for the most flawed among us. On this page also begins the <em>Khirad-nama-i Iskandari</em> (Alexander’s Book of Wisdom), another of the five narrative poems that make up the <em>Panj Ganj</em>.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Mace, Sonya Rhie. <em>Mughal Paintings: Art and Stories: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> London: D. Giles Limited, 2016.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 39; Mentioned: pp. 324-26.
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