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Conference of the BirdsHow does the hoopoe become leader of the birds?Is he a competent leader?How do you interpret the excusesthe birds come up with for avoiding the perilous journey to find the Simorgh?Which of the hoopoe's stories do you most…

A key scene in a Persian epic poem is illustrated in a 400-year-old watercolor from the holdings of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This miniature illustrates the manuscript Mantiq al-Tayr (The Language of the Birds, also known as The Conference of…