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Yusuf and Zulaikha is the Quranic tale of Yusuf (Joseph) and Zulaikha. It has been told and retold countless times in many Muslim languages, especially Arabic[citation needed],Persian, Urdu, and Punjabi. Its most famous version was written in Persian by Jami (1414-1492), in his Haft Awrang ("Seven Thrones"). Other writers to have retold the story include: Mahmud Gami (Kashmiri).
It is a standard tale used in Punjabi Qisse. Also there exists a long poem on the subject, titled as Yusuf and Zalikha, which used to be attributed to Ferdowsi, the great Persian poet of the tenth and eleventh century. See:
Ferdowsi of Tus, 'Yusuf and Zalikha: The Biblical Legend of Joseph and Potiphar's Wife in the Persian Version Ascribed to Abul Mansur Quasim, Called Firdausi, ca. 932-1021 A.D.,'Edited by Hermann Ethé, Philo Press, Amsterdam, 1970
