The sentinel in the employ of the Shah of Tabaristan prepares to sacrifice his son to the ghost of the Shah’s soul, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Second Night
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.16.a
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