The Raja of Ujjain, who is traveling in the guise of a yogi, meets two brothers who ask him to equitably partition their father’s possession, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-sixth Night

The suitors take the devotee’s daughter out of her tomb after breaking it open, when the physician discovers she is still alive, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twentieth Night

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

The street cleaner, on his way to meet King Bhojaraja, sleeps under a tree where four thieves disguised as fellow travelers deprive him of a priceless pearl, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twelfth Night

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

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)

Oude wijze man met vier voor hem geknielde bezoekers

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Prins Kushrau wenend in een landschap

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Gevangenen

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Nuori ruhtinas seurueineen maisemassa, persialainen miniatyyri

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Siyavush ontmoet voor het eerst zijn vader

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The young prince is presented to the king, his father, by his teacher, but refuses to speak, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

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

Prins die geschenken ontvangt

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Vabhruvahana Approaches Arjuna, page from the Khan Khanan's Razm-nama

Sur Das Gujarati

The queen of Rum watches the peahen prefer to burn rather than abandon her eggs while the peacock flees the nest, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-ninth Night

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