Description
One of the frames depicts the image of Darwīsh ( in 23 K gold leaf) in Persian: درویش, Darvīsh) and in Islam can refer broadly to members of a Sufi fraternity (tariqah), or more narrowly a religious mendicant, who chose or accepted material poverty.The latter usage is found particularly in Persian, corresponding to the Arabic term faqir. Their focus is on the universal values of love and service, deserting the illusions of ego to reach God by virtues and individual experience, rather than by religious scholarship Many dervishes are mendicant ascetics who have taken a vow of poverty. This frame also has Persian Poetry. The 2nd frame depicts an image of the King’s New Year Reception taken from the carving at Persepolis, APADANA STAIRCASE .
