Viper in a Rocky Garden from Manafi' al-Hayawan (On the Usefulness of Animals) of Ibn Bakhtishu'

The dethroned frog Shapur seeks the help of the serpent, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenth-sixth Night

Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

The prince, a son of the ruler of Sistan, enters the service of a snake, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-seventh Night

Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

Two Goats from Manafi' al-Hayawan (On the Usefulness of Animals) of Ibn Bakhtishu'

Islamic

Vrouw met bamboe en bloemen

anonymous

Rustam slaying jackal, from the Shahnama of Firdausi

Islamic

The prince, having deprived the snake of its natural food, a frog, feeds it with a piece of his own flesh, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighteenth Night

Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

The son of the pious man slays the dragon, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night

Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

The wolf advises the lion to consult the cat, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifteenth Night

Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

The prince meets a carefree dancing dervish whose good fortune he purchases for his ring, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighteenth Night

Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

Shahnameh-aihe

Unknown Artist

The court jester meets a Zangi dancing with joy, and learns from him that the cause of his happiness is his assignation with a woman who is the jester’s own wife, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-second Night

Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

Landscape with a lotus pool, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)