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entered Heaven after thousands and thousands of years。 
 
 
   
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IT IS I�察�MASTER OSMAN 
 
They tell a story in Bukhara that dates back to the time of Abdullah Khan。 This 
Uzbek Khan was a suspicious ruler�察�and though he didn¨t object to more than 
one  artist¨s  brush  contributing  to  the  same  illustration�察 �he  was  opposed  to 
painters copying from one another¨s pages!because this made it impossible 
to determine which of the artists brazenly copying from one another was to 
blame  for  an  error。  More  importantly�察 �after  a  time�察 �instead  of  pushing 
themselves  to  seek  out  God¨s  memories  within  the  darkness�察 �pilfering 
miniaturists would lazily seek out whatever they saw over the shoulder of the 
artist  beside  them。  For  this  reason�察 �the  Uzbek  Khan  joyously  weled  two 
great masters�察�one from Shiraz in the South�察�the other from Samarkand in the 
East�察�who¨d fled from war and cruel shahs to the shelter of his court�察�however�察�
he  forbade  the  two  celebrated  talents  to  look  at  each  other¨s  work�察 �and 
separated  them  by  giving  them  small  workrooms  on  opposite  ends  of  his 
palace�察�as far from each other as possible。 Thus�察�for exactly thirty´seven years 
and  four  months�察 �as  if  listening  to  a  legend�察 �these  two  great  masters  each 
listened  to  Abdullah  Khan  recount  the  magnificence  of  the  other¨s  never´to´
be´seen  work�察 �how  it  differed  from  or  was  oddly  similar  to  the  other¨s。 
Meanwhile�察 �they  both  lived  dying  of  curiosity  about  each  other¨s  paintings。 
After  the  Uzbek  Khan¨s  life  had  run  its  long  tortoiselike  course�察 �the  two  old 
artists ran to each other¨s rooms to see the paintings。 Later still�察�sitting upon 
either  edge  of  a  large  cushion�察 �holding  each  other¨s  books  on  their  laps  and 
looking at the pictures that they recognized from Abdullah Khan¨s fables�察�both 
the  miniaturists  were  overe  with  great  disappointment  because  the 
illustrations they saw weren¨t nearly as spectacular as those they¨d anticipated 
from the stories they¨d heard�察�but instead appeared�察�much like all the pictures 
they¨d  seen  in  recent  years�察 �rather  ordinary�察 �pale  and  hazy。  The  two  great 
masters didn¨t then realize that the reason for this haziness was the blindness 
that had begun to descend upon them�察�nor did they realize it after both had 
gone  pletely  blind�察 �rather  they  attributed  the  haziness  to  having  been 
duped by the Khan�察�and hence they died believing dreams were more beautiful 
than pictures。 
In  the  dead  of  night  in  the  cold  Treasury  room�察 �as  I  turned  pages  with 
frozen fingers and gazed upon the pictures in books that I¨d dreamed of for 
forty  years�察 �I  knew  I  was  much  happier  than  the  artists  in  this  pitiless  story 
from Bukhara。 It gave me such a thrill to know�察�before going blind and passing 
into the Hereafter�察�that I was handling the very books whose legends I¨d heard 
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about my whole life�察�and at times I would murmur�察 �Thank you�察�God�察�thank 
you ̄  when  I  saw  that  one  of  pages  I  was  turning  was  even  more  marvelous 
than its legend。 
For  instance�察 �eighty  years  ago  Shah  Ismail  crossed  the  river  and  by  the 
sword reconquered Herat and all of Khorasan from the Uzbeks�察�whereupon he 
appointed his brother Sam Mirza governor of Herat�察�to celebrate this joyous 
occasion�察 �his  brother�察 �in  turn�察 �had  a  manuscript  prepared�察 �an  illuminated 
version of a book entitled The Convergence of the Stars�察�which recounted a story 
as witnessed by Emir H┨srev in the palace of Delhi。 According to legend�察�one 
illustration in this book showed the two rulers meeting on the banks of a river 
where they celebrated their victory。 Their faces resembled the Sultan of Delhi�察�
Keykubad�察 �and  his  father�察 �Bughra  Khan�察 �the  Ruler  of  Bengal�察 �who  were  the 
subjects of the book�察�but they also resembled the faces of Shah Ismail and his 
brother  Sam  Mirza�察 �the  men  responsible  for  the  book¨s  creation。  I  was 
absolutely certain that the heroes of whichever story I conjured while looking 
at  the  page  would  appear  there  in  the  sultan¨s  tent�察 �and  I  thanked  God  for 
giving me the chance to see this miraculous page。 
In  an  illustration  by  Sheikh  Muhammad�察 �one  of  the  great  masters  of  the 
same legendary era�察�a poor subject whose awe and affection for his sultan had 
reached the level of pure love was desperately hoping�察�as he watched the sultan 
play polo�察�that the ball would roll toward him so he could grab it and present 
it  to  his  sovereign。  After  he¨d  waited  long  and  patiently�察 �the  ball  did  indeed 
e  to  him�察 �and  he  was  depicted  handing  it  to  the  sultan。  As  had  been 
described to me thousands of times�察�the love�察�awe and submission that a poor 
subject  aptly  feels  toward  a  great  khan  or  an  exalted  monarch�察 �or  that  a 
handsome young apprentice feels toward his master�察�was rendered here with 
such delicacy and deep passion�察�from the extension of the subject¨s fingers 
holding  the  ball  to  his  inability  to  summon  the  courage  to  look  at  the 
sovereign¨s face�察�that while looking at this page�察�I knew there was no greater 
joy  in  the  world  than  to  be  apprentice  to  a  great  master�察 �and  that  such 
submissiveness verging on servility was no less a pleasure than being master to 
a young�察�pretty and intelligent apprentice!and I grieved for those who would 
never know this truth。 
I  turned  the  pages�察 �gazing  hurriedly  but  with  rapt  attention  upon 
thousands of birds�察�horses�察�soldiers�察�lovers�察�camels�察�trees and clouds�察�while the 
Treasury¨s  happy  dwarf�察 �like  a  shah  of  elder  days  given  the  opportunity  to 
exhibit his riches and wealth�察�proudly and undauntedly removed volume after 
volume from chests and placed them before me。 From two separate corners of 
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an  iron  chest  stuffed  with  amazing  tomes�察 �mon  books  and  disorderly 
albums�察�there emerged two extraordinary volumes!one bound in the Shiraz 
style  with  a  burgundy  cover�察 �the  other  bound  in  Herat  and  finished  with  a 
dark  lacquer  in  the  Chinese  fashion!which  contained  pages  so  resembling 
each  other  that  at  first  I  thought  they  were  copies。  While  I  was  trying  to 
determine  which  book  was  the  original  and  which  the  copy�察 �I  examined  the 
names of the calligraphers on the colophons�察�looked for hidden signatures�察�and 
finally  came  to  the  realization�察 �with  a  shudder�察 �that  these  two  volumes  of 
Nizami were the legendary books that Master Sheikh Ali of Tabriz had made�察�
one for the Khan of the Blacksheep�察�Jihan Shah�察�and the other for the Khan of 
the  Whitesheep�察 �Tall  Hasan。  After  he  was  blinded  by  the  Blacksheep  shah  to 
prevent him from making another version of the first volume�察�the great master 
artist took refuge with the Whitesheep khan and created a superior copy from 
memory。 To see that the pictures in the second of the legendary books�察�made 
when  he  was  blind�察 �were  simpler  and  purer�察 �while  the  colors  in  the  first 
volume were more lively and invigorating�察�reminded me that the memory of 
the blind exposes the merciless simplicity of life but also deadens its vigor。 
Since  I  myself  am  a  genuine  great  master�察 �so  acknowledged  by  Almighty 
Allah�察�who sees and knows all�察�I knew that one day I would go blind�察�but is this 
what I wanted now�拭�Since His presence could be sensed quite nearby in the 
exquisite and terrifying darkness of the cluttered Treasury�察�like a condemned 
man who wishes to look upon the world one last time before he is beheaded�察�I 
asked Him�此 �Allow me to see all these illustrations and have my fill of them。 ̄ 
As  I  turned  the  pages�察 �by  the  force  of  God¨s  inscrutable  wisdom�察 �I 
frequently came across legends and matters of blindness。 In the famous scene 
showing Shirin on a countryside outing falling in love with H┨srev after seeing 
his  picture  on  the  branch  of  a  plane  tree�察 �Sheikh  Ali  R��za  from  Shiraz  had 
drawn distinctly all the leaves of the tree one by one so they filled the entire 
sky。  In  answer  to  a  fool  who  saw  the  work  and  mented  that  the  true 
subject of the illustration wasn¨t the plane tree�察�Sheikh Ali replied that the true 
subject  wasn¨t  the  passion  of  the  beautiful  young  maiden  either�察 �it  was  the 
passion of the artist�察�and to proudly prove his point he attempted to paint the 
same  plane  tree  with  all  its  leaves  on  a  grain  of  rice。  If  the  signature  hidden 
beneath  the  beautiful  feet  of  Shirin¨s  darling  lady  attendants  hadn¨t  misled 
me�察�I was of course seeing the magnificent tree made by the blind master on 
paper!not the tree made on a grain of rice�察�which he left half finished�察�having 
gone blind seven years and three months after he started the task。 On another 
page�察 �R┨stem  blinding  Alexander  with  his  forked  arrow  was  depicted  in  the 
manner of artists who knew the Indian style�察�so vivaciously and colorfully�察�that 

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