![Manuscript illumination with depiction of a court scene. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Islamic. Date/Period: Fatimid. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive. CORRECTION: LANGUAGE: The three lines of text in the page of this manuscript are in Persian (not Arabic). They seem to be coming from the Persian version of Kalila wa Dimna by Abu'l Ma'ali Nasrallah Munshi, from the chapter "The King and the Brahmans" (باب الملک و البراهمة) aka "The story of the wise Bilar" (p.338, p.338): see discussion here DATING AND ATTRIBUTION: As for the date, the first known Persian-language illustrated manuscript is known to be the Varka and Golshah, attributable to Konya in Central Anatolia c.1250 CE.[1][2] All other Persian language illustrated manuscript start with the Mongol period (around 1280 for the earliest, described in the article "Persian miniature")... So this one necessarily dates to circa 1300 or after. It is probably 14-15th century Ilkhanid or Jalayarid. पाटलिपुत्र (talk) 17:38, 23 March 2024 (UTC)](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Manuscript_Middle-Eastern_miniature_court_scene.jpg)
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PERSIAN:
- او برفت. ملک بلار را فرموذ که باز بایذ کشت و آسایش داذ تا ما هم بمجلس انس خرامیم [...] که راست نیایذ جنین.
- [...] اینست داستان فضیلت حلم و تَرجیح آن بر دیکر اخلاقِ ملوک و عاداتِ باذشاهان و بر خرذمند پوشیذه
ENGLISH:
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- He hied thence. The King did address Bilar, saying, "Let us return and find solace in repose, for this is not the manner in which matters are brought to a just end."
- Such is the tale of the virtue of patience, its preeminence over other morals and habits of kings. Yea, and it is a truth well-known to the wise that [...]
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- ↑ (1959). "On Some Mongol Miniatures". Kunst des Orients 3: 44–45. ISSN 0023-5393.
- ↑ (in English) (14 May 2009) Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture: Three-Volume Set, OUP USA, p. 214−215 ISBN: 978-0-19-530991-1.
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