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Below the garden scene at the gate, a gardener gives some grapes to a beggar on the street as an act of charity, a striking contrast to the violent actions of the city dweller.

There is contrast within the illustration between the four youths enjoying themselves in the pavilion, a common image in Persian painting associated with the idea of the garden as paradise.

In the image, the dihqaii stands in his orchard, gesturing to it as the city dweller pulls down the slender branch of a pomegranate tree and rips off a fruit. Other limbs of the tree hang damaged as if they have also been ravaged. Interestingly, the…

This folio surrounds a scene in which a diliqan/dihqaii (landlord) who invites a city dweller into his garden. The orchard is described as “adorned like the garden of paradise”, with rich grapevines and trees bearing apples, pears, and…