Unknown Artist
A-1994-210
Circumcision ceremony for Akbar’s sons, painting 126 from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian, 1551–1602)
Dharam Das
The court of the Raja of Ujjain, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-sixth Night
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
The three young men present themselves as suitors for the hand of Zuhra, the daughter of the merchant of Kabul, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fourth Night
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
The Wedding Night of Anushirvan and the Khaqan's Daughter (from a copy of Firdausi's Shahnama)
Islamic
Khurshid reunited with her husband Utarid, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
A Royal Picnic on a Terrace
Muhammad Ali
The Brahman, unable to select from the four gifts of the king of the Ocean seeks the Raja’s advice, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eleventh Night
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
The merchant returns bringing a young slave who is really the son of the princess of Rum, now married to the king, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fiftieth Night
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
Picknick
anonymous
Shispul Arguing with Rukmini's Father, Bhishmaka, page from a Rukmini Mangal series
Mola Ram
The magician, disguised as a Brahman, visits the king of Babylon, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fifth Night
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
Kamjuy, the wife of the Raja, averts her face from the fishes, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-third Night
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)