A vertically oriented page features fourteen horizontal rows of black Nasta'liq script on cream paper. Multiple thin red and gold lines form a rectangular border around the text. The undulating Persian characters vary in thickness, accented by small dots and diacritical marks. While most rows are uniform in size, the final line is written in a more condensed, compact Arabic script. Rounded, flowing strokes create a rhythmic visual texture across the page.

Estate of Breckinridge Long [1881–1958], Bowie, MD

(Bernard Brown Agency, Milwaukee, WI, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Purchased with funds from Mrs. A. Dean [Helen Wade Greene] Perry)

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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The street cleaner, on his way to meet King Bhojaraja, sleeps under a tree where four thieves disguised as fellow travelers deprive him of a priceless pearl, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twelfth Night

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