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established  his  own  sovereignty  over  his  enemy’s  library  and  harem  and

became the new husband of the eternally beautiful Neriman Sultan。

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The  miniaturists  of  Istanbul  recount  the  legend  of  Tall  Mehmet—known  as

Muhammad  Khorasani  in  Persia—mostly  as  an  example  of  long  life  and

blindness。  However;  the  legend  of  Tall  Mehmet  is  essentially  a  parable  of

painting and time。 The primary distinction of this master; who; having begun

his  apprenticeship  at  the  age  of  nine;  illustrated  for  more  or  less  110  years

without going blind; was his lack of distinction。 I’m not being witty here; but

expressing my sincere  admiration。 Tall Mehmet drew everything; as everyone

else did; in the style of the great masters of old; but even more so; and for this

reason;  he  was  the  greatest  of  all  masters。  His  humbleness  and  plete

devotion to illustration and painting; which he deemed a service to Allah; set

him above both the disputes within the book…arts workshops where he worked

and the ambition to bee head miniaturist; though he was of appropriate

age  and  talent。  As  a  miniaturist;  for  110  years;  he  patiently  rendered  every

trivial detail: grass drawn to fill up the edges of the page; thousands of leaves;

curly  wisping  clouds;  horse  manes  of  short  repetitive  strokes;  brick  walls;

never…ending wall ornamentation and the slant…eyed; delicate…chinned tens of

thousands of faces that were each an imitation of one another。 Tall Mehmet

was quite content and reserved and he never presumed to distinguish himself

or  insisted  about  style  or  individuality。  He  considered  whichever  khan’s  or

prince’s  workshop  he  happened  to  be  working  in  at  the  time  his  house  and

regarded himself as but a fixture in that home。 As khans and shahs strangled

one another and miniaturists moved from city to city like the women of the

harem  to  assemble  under  the  auspices  of  new  masters;  the  style  of  the  new

book…arts workshop would first be defined in the leaves Tall Mehmet drew; in

his  grass;  in  the  curves  of  his  rocks  and  in  the  hidden  contours  of  his  own

patience。 When he was eighty years old; people forgot that he was mortal and

began to believe that he lived within the legends he illustrated。 Perhaps for this

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reason; some maintained that he existed outside time and would never grow

old  and  die。  There  were  those  who  attributed  his  not  going  blind—despite

living  without  a  home  of  his  own;  sleeping  in  the  rooms  or  tents  which

constituted miniaturists’ workshops and spending most of his time staring at

manuscript pages—to the miracle of time having ceased to flow for him。 Some

claimed that he was actually blind; and no longer had any need to see since he

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