Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
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The young man of Baghdad joins the Hashimi’s boat as a sailor to find his slave-girl on board, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-eighth Night
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
Kay Khosrow Crosses the Sea of Zareh on His Way to China, a scene from the Shahnama of Firdausi
Unknown Artist
The merchant Mansur departs on a sea voyage, leaving his wife behind, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventeenth Night
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
The third suitor strikes the devotee’s daughter and thus restores her to life, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twentieth Night
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
Rustan en demon
anonymous
Gevangenen
anonymous
The king’s handmaiden takes the prince away to the harem, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
The young prince is crowned and the wicked handmaiden is executed, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Suraju
Alexander Comforts the Dying Darius, page from a copy of the Shahnama of Firdausi
Islamic
Kuoleman saapuessa eivät kuninkaat eivätkä ministerit voi auttaa sinua
Unknown Artist
The two couples reach a foreign city where they make their home, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-third Night
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
The prince and Nikfal are joined by Khalis and the Mukhlis who are the grateful snake and frog in human form, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighteenth Night
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)