Six dervishes or Sufi adepts are depicted in varying states of dizziness and collapse after whirling to induce a mystical state. Two bearded figures stand with the aid of young novices; while two others are seated on the ground. At the lower left; a youth holds a book; while at the right; another plays the tambourine.

The artist is unknown but may well have been Muhammad Herati; a painter with wide influence in the last quarter of the sixteenth century. Pictures From History