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TITLE OF WORK: Mawlana dances to the rhythm of a hammer beating a gold plate

TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, manuscript illumination, miniature, color

DATE: 1599

COMMENTS: The man bowing to Mawlana, founder of the Mevlevi derwish order is Salah ud-din Zarkub, the goldsmith who became his disciple from 1248 till his death in 1258

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Turkey

DANCE FORM: traditional

KEYWORDS: religion