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plundered  by  Sultan  Mehmet  the  Conqueror  and  brought  to  Istanbul;  it

should  e  as  no  surprise  that  occasionally  certain  of  these  303  stories

appear in other manuscripts in Istanbul and even that some horses are drawn

as instructed therein。

310

LAM

In  Herat  and  Shiraz;  when  a  master  miniaturist  nearing  the  end  of  his  days

went blind from a lifetime of excessive labor; it would not only be taken as a

sign  of  that  master’s  determination;  but  would  be  mended  as  God’s

acknowledgment of the great master’s work and talent。 There was even a time

in Herat when masters who hadn’t gone blind despite having grown old were

regarded  with  suspicion;  a  situation  that  pelled  quite  a  few  of  them  to

actually  induce  blindness  in  their  old  age。  There  was  a  long  period  during

which men reverently recalled artists who blinded themselves; following in the

path of those legendary masters who’d done so rather than work for another

monarch  or  change  their  styles。  And  it  was  during  this  age  that  Abu  Said;

Tamerlane’s  grandson  from  the  Miran  Shah  line  of  descent;  introduced  a

further twist in his workshop after he’d conquered Tashkent and Samarkand:

The  practice  of  paying  greater  homage  to  the  imitation  of  blindness  than  to

blindness  itself。  Black  Veli;  the  old  artisan  who  inspired  Abu  Said;  had

confirmed that a blind miniaturist could see the horses of God’s vision from

within the darkness; however; true talent resided in a sighted miniaturist who

could regard the world like a blind man。 At the age of sixty…seven he proved his

point  by  dashing  off  a  horse  that  came  to  the  tip  of  his  brush  without  so

much  as  a  glance  at  the  paper;  even  as  his  eyes  remained  all  the  while  open

and  fixed  on  the  page。  At  the  end  of  this  artistic  ceremony  for  which  Miran

Shah  had  deaf  musicians  play  lutes  and  mute  storytellers  recite  stories  to

support the legendary master’s efforts; the splendid horse that Black Veli had

drawn  was  pared  at  length  with  other  horses  he’d  made:  There  was  no

difference   whatsoever   among   them;   much   to   Miran   Shah’s   irritation;

thereafter;  the  legendary  master  declared  that  a  miniaturist  possessed  of

talent; regardless of whether his eyes are open or closed; will always and only

see horses in one way; that is; the way that Allah perceives them。 And among

great  master  miniaturists;  there  is  no  difference  between  the  blind  and  the

sighted: The hand would always draw the same horse because there was as yet

no  such  thing  as  the  Frankish  innovation  called  “style。”  The  horses  made  by

the great master Black Veli have been imitated by all Muslim miniaturists for

110  years。  As  for  Black  Veli  himself;  after  the  defeat  of  Abu  Said  and  the

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