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Saki 
 
Fresco panel of saki (wine boy) with bottle and cup. 
 
Isfahan, Iran, first quarter 17th century. 
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York. 
  
' 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 .' 
  
 Scandal: Essays in Islamic Heresy. Wilson, Peter Lamborn, (1988). Brooklyn, NY.

Saki
Fresco panel of saki (wine boy) with bottle and cup.
Isfahan, Iran, first quarter 17th century.
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York.

“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 .”

Scandal: Essays in Islamic Heresy. Wilson, Peter Lamborn, (1988). Brooklyn, NY.

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