nt, and so t order of tes  surviving urist  for t fifty- four years. A great commotion ensued er no tures ed t an intelligent boy,  reac read or e, be brougaken to urist placed a number of illustrations before  you see,” ructed. As tures, turist, raising o tened carefully and responded: “Alexander cradling t of teacudent from Sadi’s Rosegarden …test of doctors from Nizami’s treasury of Secrets…” turists, vexed by told you t as -kno famous stories.” In turn, turist placed t difficult illustrations before tened intently. “ion of terrible account of tcree, from Rumi’s Masnaures, none of ered  urist by  ify tories t oter illustrators couldn’t determine even by looking at t isn’t, as one mig my memory compensates for my

    blindness,” replied trator. “I ten t stories are recollected not only t t urists kneories, but still couldn’t order tures. “Because,” said turist, “te o painting,  t compre ters made tures out of t knourist. “But I, an elderly and blind miniaturist, kno Allaed telligent seven-year-old boy  to see it; , above all, it migerakenly assumed t tories arose out of  illustrations ed in service of tories. Quite to trary, painting is t of seeking out Allahe world.”

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