Unbeknown to the Ottomans, the Christians managed to escape and later reunited with Tayyid and Tahir. The Ottomans were pardoned and fled the lands of the infidel, but their beloveds lingered in prison. A barbaric Christian official thought that their love for each other was mere sodomy, however, and all four were imprisoned. Instead of pain, captivity brought them love and happiness, as both men fell in love with their captors, and those feelings were mutual. When their ship was captured by Christians they were enslaved by Christian noblemen.
Tayyib and Tahir, two young Ottomans, were travelling to Egypt to become dervishes. Kütüphanesi, Ali Emiri Collection, TR 772, fol. Ottoman miniature painting fromĪn illustrated volume of a copy of Senses of Poets (مشاعر الشعراء
