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Nushirwan Listens to the Owls (recto): Illustration and Text, Persian Verses, from a Manuscript of...

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Nushirwan Listens to the Owls (recto): Illustration and Text, Persian Verses, from a Manuscript of the Khamsa of Nizami, Makhzan al-Asrar [Treasure of Secrets], 1555-65 (opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper)
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Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA
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opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
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C16th AD - C18th AD
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Iran, Qazvin, Safavid period (1501-1722) This scene is from the Makhzan al-Ashrar, the first of the Quintet. Although more historically oriented than the following poems, it served more as a vehicle for moralizing tales than for historical events. In this scene Nushirwan asks the sage Buzurgmihr to explain what the owls perched on a ruined building are saying. He explains that one owl is offering the other as many ruined cities as he likes in exchange for his daughter's hand. He thus reproves Nushirwan for his love of conquest and war and the consequent destruction of many cities.

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