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Saki |
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Fresco panel of saki (wine boy) with bottle and cup. |
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Isfahan, Iran, first quarter 17th century. |
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Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York. |
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The saki or wine serving boy is a symbol of the Beloved or the spiritual master in Sufi poetry, but in Pakistan, saki-khaneh is a slang term for a tea house that serves charas and bhang . |
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Scandal: Essays in Islamic Heresy. Wilson, Peter Lamborn, (1988). Brooklyn, NY.
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