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Yusuf’s Brothers Plead to Take Their Youngest Brother Home (text recto; painting verso of folio 50); illustrated folio from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 51) from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Pulling Yusuf from the Well (text recto; painting verso of folio 53); illustrated folio from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 54) from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Yusuf Tells His Story (text recto; painting verso of folio 64); illustrated folio from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 65) from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 67) from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Zulaykha Begs Yusuf for His Love (painting recto; text verso of folio 68); illustrated folio from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Zulaykha Asks Her Nanny to Think of a Plot (painting recto; text verso of folio 75); illustrated folio from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 76) from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 89) from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Egyptian Women Overwhelm by Yusuf’s Beauty (painting recto; text verso of folio 90); illustrated folio from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 99) from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Zulaykha Looks at Yusuf’s Prison with A Sorrowful Heart (painting recto; text verso of folio 100); illustrated folio from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 112) from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Zulaykha Stops Yusuf As A Beggar (painting recto; text verso of folio 113); illustrated folio from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 127) from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 128) from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Folio with notes in later hands (text recto; notes verso of folio 129), from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Ink, colors, and gold on paper