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than pictures。

In  the  dead  of  night  in  the  cold  Treasury  room;  as  I  turned  pages  with

frozen fingers and gazed upon the pictures in books that I’d dreamed of for

forty  years;  I  knew  I  was  much  happier  than  the  artists  in  this  pitiless  story

from Bukhara。 It gave me such a thrill to know; before going blind and passing

into the Hereafter; that I was handling the very books whose legends I’d heard

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about my whole life; and at times I would murmur; “Thank you; God; thank

you”  when  I  saw  that  one  of  pages  I  was  turning  was  even  more  marvelous

than its legend。

For  instance;  eighty  years  ago  Shah  Ismail  crossed  the  river  and  by  the

sword reconquered Herat and all of Khorasan from the Uzbeks; whereupon he

appointed his brother Sam Mirza governor of Herat; to celebrate this joyous

occasion;  his  brother;  in  turn;  had  a  manuscript  prepared;  an  illuminated

version of a book entitled The Convergence of the Stars; which recounted a story

as witnessed by Emir Hüsrev in the palace of Delhi。 According to legend; 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;

Keykubad;  and  his  father;  Bughra  Khan;  the  Ruler  of  Bengal;  who  were  the

subjects of the book; but they also resembled the faces of Shah Ismail and his

brother  Sam  Mirza;  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;  and  I  thanked  God  for

giving me the chance to see this miraculous page。

In  an  illustration  by  Sheikh  Muhammad;  one  of  the  great  masters  of  the

same legendary era; a poor subject whose awe and affection for his sultan had

reached the level of pure love was desperately hoping; as he watched the sultan

play polo; 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;  the  ball  did  indeed

e  to  him;  and  he  was  depicted  handing  it  to  the  sultan。  As  had  been

described to me thousands of times; the love; awe and submission that a poor

subject  aptly  feels  toward  a  great  khan  or  an  exalted  monarch;  or  that  a

handsome young apprentice feels toward his master; was rendered here with

such delicacy and deep passion; 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; that while looking at this page; I knew there was no greater

joy  in  the  world  than  to  be  apprentice  to  a  great  master;  and  that  such

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