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Majnun with animals in the desert, c1492-c1493. Creator: Unknown.

Majnun with animals in the desert, c1492-c1493. Creator: Unknown.

3-056-704 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Majnun with animals in the desert, c1492-c1493. An extremely thin Majnun sits with a fawn resting in his lap. Around him are deer, lions and wolves. Majnun goes to live in the wilderness after the father of the girl he loves, Layla, refuses him permission to marry her. From the "Khamsah" by Nizami, a Persian poet.

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  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
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  1. Nizami: Persian: Author, poet
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World Asia Iran

  1. 32 00 00 N , 053 00 00 E
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3436x5083
File Size : 51,168kb

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  1. Shelfmark ID: Add 25900 Folio No: f 130 v
  1. 1280000216
  1. 3-056-704
  1. 3056704
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