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This poem was executed in the seventeenth century by calligrapher/scribe Ma`sud al-Tabib, who resided in Balkh (now Mazar-i Sharif), Afghanistan. The poem, which praises vision as the strongest of the human senses, is similar to the verses that typically appear in the contemporary letters sent to Radio Azadi.
This poem was executed in the seventeenth century by calligrapher/scribe Ma`sud al-Tabib, who resided in Balkh (now Mazar-i Sharif), Afghanistan. The poem, which praises vision as the strongest of the human senses, is similar to the verses that typically appear in the contemporary letters sent to Radio Azadi.