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    • The Shaikh al-Islam Discoursing to an Audience: Page from a dispersed Divan of Mahmud cAbd al-Baki, 1590–95; Ottoman
    Iraq (Baghdad)
    Ink, colors, and gold on paper

    H. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm), W. 6 in. (15.2 cm)
    Gift of George D. Pratt, 1925 (25.83.9)

    Mahmud cAbd al-Baki (1526/7–1600) was a Turkish judge and poet whose most important work is his Divan, or collection of poetical works, which reflects the pleasures of courtly life in Istanbul in the sixteenth century. This is a page from one of the four known illustrated copies of this manuscript. It shows the Shaikh al-Islam (chief theologian) of that time, Abu al-Sacud (1490–1574), engaged in discussions with other theologians, and accompanies a qasida, or laudatory poem, about him.

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  • The Shaikh al-Islam Discoursing to an Audience: Page from a dispersed Divan of Mahmud cAbd al-Baki, 1590–95; Ottoman
    Iraq (Baghdad)
    Ink, colors, and gold on paper

    H. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm), W. 6 in. (15.2 cm)
    Gift of George D. Pratt, 1925 (25.83.9)