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How much attention were chubby Butterfly and grave Black (he was like a

ghost) paying to what I said as they ransacked my possessions; gleefully lifting

every lid and leaving not a stone unturned? When they came across my boots;

armor and bellished walnut trunk; a look of envy

blossomed  on  Butterfly’s  childish  face;  and  I  once  again  declared  what

everybody already knew quite well。 I was the first Muslim illustrator to set out

on campaign with the army and the first to carefully study and depict what I’d

witnessed  in  various  victory  Chronicles—the  firing  of  cannon;  the  towers  of

enemy castles; the colors of infidel soldiers’ uniforms; the sprawl of corpses;

the  piles  of  severed  heads  along  riverbanks  and  the  order  and  charge  of

armored cavalry!

When Butterfly asked me to show him how I donned my armor; I forthwith

and without embarrassment took off my overshirt; my black rabbit…fur…lined

undershirt;  my  trousers  and  my  underwear。  Pleased  with  the  way  they

watched me by the light of the stove; I pulled on my clean long underwear; the

thick shirt of red broadcloth worn under armor in cold weather; woolen socks;

the boots of yellow leather; and over them; my gaiters。 Removing it from its

case; I was delighted to put on my breastplate; then I turned my back toward

Butterfly and as if ordering a pageboy; had him do up the laces of the armor

tightly and ordered him to attach my shoulder plates。 As I was putting on my

vambraces;  gloves;  the  camel  hair  sword  belt  and  finally  the  gold…worked

helmet  that  I  wore  for  ceremonies;  I  proudly  declared  that  henceforth  battle

scenes would never again be depicted as they’d been in days of old。 “It is no

longer  permissible  to  depict  the  cavalries  of  two  opposing  armies  uniformly

using  the  same  pattern  as  a  guide  and  simply  flipping  it  over  to  draw  the

enemy’s  forces;”  I  said。  “From  now  on;  the  battle  scenes  made  in  the

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workshops of the Ottomans will be drawn the way I’ve seen them and drawn

them: a tumult of armies; horses; armor…clad warriors and bloodied bodies!”

Seized by envy; Butterfly said; “The illuminator draws not what he sees; but

what Allah sees。”

“Yes;” I said; “however; exalted Allah certainly sees everything we see。”

“Of course; Allah sees what we see; but He doesn’t perceive it the way we

do;”  said  Butterfly  as  if  chastising  me。  “The  confused  battle  scene  that  we

perceive  in  our  bewilderment;  He  perceives  in  His  omniscience  as  two

opposing armies in an orderly array。”

Naturally; I had a response。 I wanted to say; “It falls to us to believe in Allah

and to depict only what He reveals to us; not what He conceals;” but I held my

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