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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.<br/><br/>

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