The Dream of Zuleykha

The dream of Zulaykha, from the Amber Album

India, Mughal, 17th century

Lovers Embracing (Raga Malkaus)

India, Rajasthan, Bundi, 18th century

Madhu Madhavi Ragini

Central India, Malwa

Vrouw wordt naar haar minnaar geleid, Dipak raga

anonymous

The merchant hears of his wife’s unfaithfulness (above); the unfaithful wife performs penance by plucking her hair (below), from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): First Night

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

The king places the talisman on his sleeping wife, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fiftieth Night

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

The monkey slain, his blood to be used as medicine for the ailing prince he has bitten, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night

Basawan​

Kamakandala dies on hearing the news of Madhava’s death, from a Madhavanala Kamakandala

India, Bilaspur

The farmer, father of the son with the deceitful wife, steals away with her anklet while she is in bed with her lover, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

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

Vishnu en Lakshmi op de vogel Garuda

anonymous

The deceitful wife assaults her erring husband, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

Tara 1

The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Seventh Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

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