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Folio 18 from an Album of Artists' Drawings from Qajar Iran: Two drawings: The meeting of Shams-i Tabrizi and Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi (top), Shaykh San`an and the Christian Maiden (bottom) (recto); Zulaykha's maids cut themselves, overcome by Yusuf's beauty (verso)

Folio 18 from an Album of Artists' Drawings from Qajar Iran: Two drawings: The meeting of Shams-i Tabrizi and Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi (top), Shaykh San`an and the Christian Maiden (bottom) (recto); Zulaykha's maids cut themselves, overcome by Yusuf's beauty (verso)

Persian

Brown ink and graphite on off-white wove paper; pricked, edges and verso rubbed with red chalk (recto); Red and brown inks and graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and rubbed with red chalk (verso)

Qajar period

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