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    "localId": "35608",
    "label": "Single Leaf of Six Spiritual Teachers",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.696"
}

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    "id": "35608",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.696",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Single Leaf of Six Spiritual Teachers",
    "description": "This Mughal drawing, Walters manuscript leaf W.696, dating to the 11th century AH/AD 17th, depicts 6 spiritual teachers arranged in a semi-circle. Two of these figures are Hazrat Miyan Shah Mir (died 1045 AH/AD 1635) and his disciple Mulla Shah [Badakhshi] (died 1072 AH/AD 1661) (facing each other). Miyan Mir was a spiritual instructor of Dara Shikuh (died 1069 AH/AD 1659), the oldest son of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. The other figures are: Hazrat Mulla Khvajah, Miyan Abu al-Ma'ali, Shah Muhammad Dilruba, and Shah Khayali.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "11th century AH/AD 17th century (Mughal)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.696",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts",
        "folios (leaves)"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.696_Det_DD.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 25.7,
            "height": 19.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 10 1/8 x W: 7 3/4 in. (25.7 x 19.7 cm); Image H: 7 1/2 x W: 5 5/16 in. (19 x 13.5 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Islamic",
    "dynasty": "Mughal Dynasty",
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        "83781",
        "83780"
    ],
    "med": "ink and pigments on paper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2191"
    ],
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        "MIS",
        "INT"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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