"Demon in chains", style of Muhammad Siya Qalam (Iranian), c. 1453
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, 25.7 x 34.4 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund.
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This page once belonged to a miscellany from the library of the early Ottonian sultans. It depicts two people in nomadic garb leading a demon, or Persian div, in chains between them. The female figure holding the chain to her face is painted to look nearly as ferocious as the captured div. The concept of divs as evil supernatural creatures of mysterious origin dates to pre-Islamic Persia, but they are also described in the text of the Qur'an. Divs in Persian literature and folktales are sometimes captured and forced to use their magic to serve a king or hero.
-The Cleveland Museum of Art
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