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Zulaykha pulls Yūsuf's coat as he leaves, from Rosary of the Pious (Subḥat al-abrār) by Jāmī (d. 1492)

Title	Zulaykha pulls Yūsuf's coat as he leaves, from Rosary of the Pious (Subḥat al-abrār) by Jāmī (d. 1492)
Publication Date:	c. 1560-1570
Type	Document
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	284 mm x 180 mm (height x width)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Per 238.20
Library Location	Persian collection
Date	c. 1560-1570
Notes	Zulaykha pulls Yūsuf's coat as he leaves, from Rosary of the Pious (Subḥat al-abrār) by Jāmī (d. 1492). Composed in 1481, Jāmī's poem contains 40 sections or "knots" (`aqd), each dedicated to a Sufi principle, with a narrative episode to illustrate the point. Here, the Qur'anic prophet Yūsuf (Joseph in the Old Testament) rushes away from his employer's wife Zulaykha (Potiphar's wife), resisting her attempts to seduce him. A golden statue sits in the alcove behind them, half-concealed by a curtain: Zulaykha had gone to draw the curtain over her sacred idol, so it could not watch them. Reflecting that his own God could see all things, Yūsuf left the room hastily. Folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with full page painting (on verso), from Rosary of the Pious (Subḥat al-Abrār) by Nūr al-Dīn `Abd al-Raḥmān Jāmī (d. 1492), detached from codex CBL Per 238, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, undated, c. 1560-1570.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Yazı Tipi	Nasta`liq script

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Zulaykha pulls Yūsuf's coat as he leaves, from Rosary of the Pious (Subḥat al-abrār) by Jāmī (d. 1492)

Publication Date c. 1560-1570

Type Document

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 284 mm x 180 mm (height x width)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Per 238.20

Library Location Persian collection

Date c. 1560-1570

Notes Zulaykha pulls Yūsuf's coat as he leaves, from Rosary of the Pious (Subḥat al-abrār) by Jāmī (d. 1492). Composed in 1481, Jāmī's poem contains 40 sections or "knots" (`aqd), each dedicated to a Sufi principle, with a narrative episode to illustrate the point. Here, the Qur'anic prophet Yūsuf (Joseph in the Old Testament) rushes away from his employer's wife Zulaykha (Potiphar's wife), resisting her attempts to seduce him. A golden statue sits in the alcove behind them, half-concealed by a curtain: Zulaykha had gone to draw the curtain over her sacred idol, so it could not watch them. Reflecting that his own God could see all things, Yūsuf left the room hastily. Folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with full page painting (on verso), from Rosary of the Pious (Subḥat al-Abrār) by Nūr al-Dīn `Abd al-Raḥmān Jāmī (d. 1492), detached from codex CBL Per 238, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, undated, c. 1560-1570.

Materyal Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold

Nesne Adı Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)

Yazı Tipi Nasta`liq script