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 “Layli and Majnun at School” from a copy of Nizami Ganjaviʾs Khamsah. dated 866/1461. Tabriz, Karakoyunlu State. A rug with multiple niches is depicted in this painting. Topkapı Sarayı , Istanbul, Hazine 761, fol. 106r; cf. Grube, pl. 33A).