The donkey, in a tiger’s skin, reveals his identity by braying aloud, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-first Night

The lion, suspecting treachery on the part of the monkey, slays him and flees, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-ninth Night

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

The lion returns to his territory and sees the monkey conversing with the lynx, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-ninth Night

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

The hunter throws away the baby parrots, who pretend to be dead, and captures the mother, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night

Basavana

The gardener seizes and beats a donkey who insisted on braying, while the deer, its companion flees to safety, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-first Night

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

Layla and Majnun in the wilderness with animals, from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Sanwalah

The wolf and the jackal, serving as viziers, instigate the lion who pursues the Brahman up a tree, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-first Night

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

A holy man prostrating himself before a learned prince

Manohar

Royal women shooting from a pavilion

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kota

The parrot mother cautions her young on the danger of playing with foxes, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night

Dasavanta

Tijgerjacht

anonymous

The monkey advises the suspicious lion to cast off fear and take possession of his territory, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-ninth Night

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

Rustende vorst onder een boom

anonymous