The Volga-Bulgar poet Qol Ghali wrote a poem about these two people in the Old Tatar language, which came to be used as a textbook. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these two people. Authors throughout the Islamic world have written mystical poetry based on a story in the Qur’an where third parties examine a ripped shirt to determine which of these two people seduced the other.
ANSWER: Yusuf AND Zulaikha [accept answers in either order; accept Joseph in place of “Yusuf” and “Potiphar’s wife” in place of “Zulaikha”]
[10m] The most famous adaptation of the Yusuf and Zulaikha story is a Sufi interpretation by Jami written in this poetic form. Another Sufi poem in this form begins with a reed flute “telling a tale of separations.”
ANSWER: masnavi [or mathnawi; prompt on couplets or Spiritual Couplets]
[10e] Jami wrote his version of Yusuf and Zulaikha in this language. Rumi’s Masnavi was also written in this language.
ANSWER: Persian [or Farsi]
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