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SHAH ‘ABBAS THE FIRST SERVED BY YOUNG LORDS
Persian miniaturist-style fresco, late-16th/early-17th century
Chehel Sotun Palace, Isfahan, Iran
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"O song! put in my hand this delicious wine,
this juice with the allures of a charming idol,
this nectar which, at last, like a twisted chain,
holds both fools and sages in such sweet captivity."
Omar Khayyam, The Rubaiyat (quatrain 374)
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