Intimacies, works
289–324 of 10,744 works, most celebrated first
The merchant’s clerk replaces the sugar purchased by the philandering wife with gravel, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Maharana Bhim Singh of Mewar (r. 1778–1828) with a Consort
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
The king’s handmaiden takes the prince away to the harem, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Maid bringing a hookah to a lady (recto), from a Kalighat album
A Disconsolate Lady on a Terrace with Attendants
Akbar and Jahangir Examine a Ghir Falcon while Prince Khusrau Stands Behind
A noble, probably Raja Gaur Sen, receives another noble
The two erring cooks, dressed as maidservants, fall at the prince’s feet and beg forgiveness, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of the Parrot): Fourth Night
The merchant Mansur departs on a sea voyage, leaving his wife behind, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventeenth Night
The Dessert
King and Queen in Zenana: Sandehi Ragini, Wife of Bhairava, from the “Second Basohli Ragamala"
Woman Playing Music (recto), from a Kalighat album
Seated Prince Smoking a Hookah
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
The rejuvenated old man and the daughter of the king of the jinns take leave of the King of Kings, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh Night
A Couple in Their Chamber in Early Morning: Vighada Ragaputra of Shri, from a Chamba Ragamala
Gunakali Ragini
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Bhima's Consultation with the Astrologer: Scene from the Nala-Damayanti Drawings
The vizier’s son receives the magic wooden parrot from the wife of the merchant, who is drunk, and has a replica made by a carpenter, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Tenth Night
The parrot brings a fruit from the Tree of Life to the king of Syria, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Ninth Night
Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals
Lovers Embracing (Raga Malkaus)
Woman Longing for Her Lover: Verati Ragini of Dipak, from a Ragamala
A prince conversing with a woman while taking refreshments on a terrace (recto)
A Couple Seated Against Two Pillows Making Love
An East African King Receives Three Emissaries, from a Khamsa of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
Hindola Raga
Madhava Plays his Vina before Five Women Drawing Water from a Well, from a Madhavanala Kamakandala
Madhava Faces a Man Holding a Scale, from a Madhavanala Kamakandala
The Little Milkmaid
The goldsmith judged; the bear cubs trained by the carpenter as though they were his sons, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Third Night
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the fiftieth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fiftieth Night
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Seventeenth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Figure in Turkish Costume