A Muslim Pilgrim Learns a Lesson in Piety from a Brahman

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"A Muslim Pilgrim Learns a Lesson in Piety from a Brahman", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) ; Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession 13.228.29.

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A page illustrated from the Khamsa of Nizami: a Muslim pilgrim learns the lesson of asceticism from a Brahmin, India; 1597–1598. Held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1

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islam.museum contributors. “A Muslim Pilgrim Learns a Lesson in Piety from a Brahman”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/hajj-brahman/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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