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I Heart Tolerance

10.21.04 | by sepoy | 3 Comments

And here is a close up of the text for my persian readers.

In the spirit of Ramadan and holiness and neighborliness, above is an image from an early 17th century Persian translation of Valmiki’s Ramayana from Gujarat. Interesting thing about this image is the calligraphical style which is made to emulate a Qur’anic manuscript - including the Bismillah across the beginning. To quote Jon Stewart, “Why do you argue, the two of you?”

3 Comments

  1. On 10.22.04 mayha:

    thats SO cool…there is only one God. i dont know WHAT we fight over? *sigh* i dont have too much to say. which is sad..but my bain is fried…only posting for ur viewing pleasure :)

  2. On 11.05.05 Umair Ahmed Muhajir:

    Cool is definitely the word…Thanks sepoy, and Eid Mubarak to all…

  3. On 02.25.07 wiks22:

    Two more pictures of it from Rampur’s Raza Library site.
    http://razalibrary.gov.in/photomanu/large59.jpg
    http://razalibrary.gov.in/photomanu/large60.jpg

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