Mughal Painting at the Cleveland Museum of Art
The Cleveland Museum of Art holds 1,397 Mughal Painting works in this public-domain catalogue, dating from 1275 to 1904. The collection is led by Basawan, Lalu and Mushfiq.
The woman conversing with her children, as the leopard returns, egged on by a fox who is tied to his leg, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirtieth Night
The monkey advises the suspicious lion to cast off fear and take possession of his territory, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-ninth Night
Portrait of Asaf Khan (1569–1641), from the Late Shah Jahan Album
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
The prince, having deprived the snake of its natural food, a frog, feeds it with a piece of his own flesh, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighteenth Night
Portrait of Murad Bakhsh (1624–61)
Ravana addresses Sita in the garden of Lanka, from Chapters 53 and 54 of the Aranya Kanda (Book of the Forest) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)
The lion returns to his territory and sees the monkey conversing with the lynx, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-ninth Night
Krishna Playing the Flute and other Episodes from the Bhagavata Purana
Posthumous portrait of Emperor Jahangir under a canopy (recto); Calligraphy (verso)
Krishna Steals the Clothes of the Milkmaids and Expounds on the Virtue of Trees, from a Braj Bhagavata Purana
Cremation of the Demoness Putana, from a Krishna-Lila
Nur Jahan holding a portrait of Emperor Jahangir
Krishna Fluting
Markandeya Viewing Krishna in the Cosmic Ocean
Posthumous portrait of Emperor Jahangir under a canopy (recto)
Radha and Krishna Embracing, Leaf from a Gita Govinda
Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: The Story of Kalakacharya: Colophon Page, Text (recto)
Leaf from a Kalighat album: Krishna Steals the Clothes of the Cowgirls (Gopis) (recto); Das Avataras, Ten Incarnations of Vishnu (verso)
Radha Awaiting Reconciliation with Krishna, from a Gita Govinda of Jayadeva
Portrait of Raja Jagat Singh of Nurpur (reigned 1618-46)
Abduction of Rukmini: Krishna Tied the Hands of Rukma, from a Bhagavata Purana
Portrait of Raja Ram Singh of Amber (r. 1667-1688) with a Deccan Sword (recto); Calligraphy (verso)
Akrura Drives Krishna and Balarama to Mathura, from the “Isarda Bhagavata Purana,”
Krishna and Radha Quarreling: Shatha Nayaka, from a Rasikapriya
Portrait of a kneeling holy man, from the Prince Salim Album
Five Poses of Krishna Making Love, from a Bikaner Bhagavata Purana
Page from the Late Shah Jahan Album: Harem Night-Bathing Scene (recto)
Krishna and Balarama Approaching Mathura
Portrait of Raja Ram Singh of Amber (r. 1667-1688) with a Deccan Sword (recto)
Krishna Quells the Serpent Kaliya, from a Bhagavata Purana
Jain Monk Holding a Flower Venerated by a Royal Follower, colophon page from a Story of the Religious Teacher Kalaka (Kalakacharya-katha, verso)
A Brahmin gives Krishna the Message or Invitation for the Competition to Rukmini’s Svayamvara, from a Bhagavata Purana
Krishna Lifts Mount Govardhan, from a Bhagavata Purana
The monkey, serving as the lion’s chamberlain, converses with the lynx and its mate who have arrived with their cubs to settle in the lion’s domain, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-ninth Night
Portrait of Prince Murad Baksh (1624–1661)
Krishna Abhisarika Nayika, from a Rasikapriya manuscript![Rama and Lakshmana Fighting Ravana, from a Dashavatara (Ten Incarnations [of Vishnu]) series, by Unknown, 1765](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/unknown--rama-and-lakshmana-fighting-ravana-from-a-dashavatara-ten-in--44f1c99a2c65cc54-w320.webp)
Rama and Lakshmana Fighting Ravana, from a Dashavatara (Ten Incarnations [of Vishnu]) series
Genealogical text, folio 167 (verso) from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya
Battle of Ravana and Jatayu, from Chapters 50 and 51 of the Aranya Kanda (Book of the Forest) of Valmiki's Ramayana (Rama’s Journey); folio from the "Burnt" Ramayana
Krishna and Balarama Taking the Cattle Out to Graze, from a Bhagavata Purana
Portrait of Sardar Singh (Son of Savant Singh, 1730–68)
Radha and Krishna's Reconciliation
Celebrations of Krishna's Birth, from a Bhagavata Purana
Women Play Music for Radha and Krishna: Chitrini Nayika, from a Rasikapriya
The Approach of Krishna. Page from a Rasamanjari
Krishna Under a Canopy
Krishna and Balarama Touching the Feet of Vasudeva and Devaki
Sacrificial Fire, from the "Tula Ram" Bhagavata Purana
Folio 2 from a Parshvanatha Charitra (Life and Stories of Lord Parshva) of Bhavadeva-suri: Monk preaching to a disciple with a lay audience (recto); Text (verso)
Krishna sporting with the gopis in the Jumna River, from a Bhagavata Purana
Nanda and the Elders, page from a Bhagavata Purana
Brahma Hides the Cowherds and the Calves in the Cave, page from a Bhagavata Purana
Portrait of Maharaja Rai Singh of Bikaner (reigned 1574-1612)
Krishna's Insomnia, Page from a Rasikapriya
Krishna and Radha Under Mt. Govardhan
Painting from a Kalpa-sutra: Queen Trishala Reclining
Portrait of an Unidentified Noble from Shah Jahan's Court
Krishna Exacts a Toll from the Milkmaids: Dana-Lila, from a Bhagavata Purana
Landscape with a lotus pool, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot), Eighth Night
Krishna with Radha and Two Attendants (recto)
Portrait of Raja Bikramajit
Krishna asks for sweets, from a Sursagar of Surdas (Indian, c. 1480–1580)
Kalpa-sutra Manuscript with 24 Miniatures: Sakra Summons Harinegamesin
Portrait of Suraj Singh Rathor, Raja of Marwar and Maternal Uncle of Shah Jahan: A Page from the Prince Khurram Album
Landscape with a lotus pool, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Raja Chattar Singh smoking
Krishna Ferrying Radha Across the Yamuna River (recto); Parivati Placing a Wedding Garland on Shiva (verso)
Sakhi Persuades Radha to Meet Krishna, from a Gita Govinda (Song of the Cowherd) of Jayadeva
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-ninth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Sultan Abdullah Qutb Shah (1614-74) on Horseback
Radha and Krishna Caught in a Storm
Krishna and the Cowherds Dive into the River, from a Rasikapriya
Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Colophon page, Kalpa-sutra and The Story of Kalakacharya of Devachandra: Monk Teaching Lay Disciple (recto)
The lion, suspecting treachery on the part of the monkey, slays him and flees, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-ninth Night
A prince riding a composite elephant
Portrait of the Courtier Mirza Muizz
Timur distributes gifts from his grandson, the Prince of Multan, from a Zafar-nama (Book of Victories)
Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Eleventh Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Preparation for the marriage of Mahmuda to the Young Vizier, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-third Night
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-fourth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
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Babur meeting with Sultan Ali Mirza at the Kohik River, from a Babur-nama (Memoirs of Babur)
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The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-fourth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Lovers Parting, Page from a Book of Fables
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The prince sent back to the place of execution for the sixth time, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Hulagu Khan giving a feast and dispensing favor upon the amirs and princes, from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles)
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Sultan and Musicians
The Lover Leaves Wistfully in the Morning after a Passionate Tryst: Lalit Ragini, from a Ragamala
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A charioteer riding through a rocky landscape with an entourage of footmen and musicians, page from a Razm-nama (Book of Wars) adapted from the Sanskrit Mahabharata and translated into Persian by Mir Ghiyath al-Din Ali Qazvini, known as Naqib Khan (P
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Layla and Majnun in the wilderness with animals, from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
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The young man of Baghdad reveals his true identity to the Hashimi, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot: Forty-eighth Night
A Young, Angry Heroine, Folio 28 from a Rasamanjari
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The old man eats of the fruit of the Tree of Life, but drops dead, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Ninth Night
A Princess and Demons before a Nobleman: A Leaf from a Poetical Romance Relating to Shah Alam I (recto)
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
Raga Suramananda, page from a Ragamala series
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Todi Ragini, from a Ragamala Series
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Mahliqa, Daughter of the Emperor of China, Pointing at the Bird-Man Khwaja Mubarak: A Leaf from a Poetical Romance Relating to Shah Alam I (verso); Stenciled Scenes of Lion and Gazelle (verso)
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The handmaiden appeals for justice and the prince is taken to the execution site for the fourth time, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-eighth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Rati, the Goddess of Erotic Love, Takes Aim at Krishna, from a Rasikapriya
The deceitful wife returns to her terrace after caressing her lover, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-second night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
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Bashir confides his love for Habbaza to an Arab friend, and sends him to her with a message, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fourth Night
The king of Bahilistan offers his daughter to the King of Kings, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh Night
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The young man changes himself to look like Mansur, and thus inveigles himself into the bed of Mansur’s wife, but is put off by her, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventeenth Night
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Sixth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
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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
A Royal Woman in a Pavilion: Desavarari Ragini of Dipak, from a Ragamala
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The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-first night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-first Night
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Kanhra Ragini
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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
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The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-seventh Night, form a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
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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
The three suitors again begin to quarrel among themselves for the hand of the devotee’s daughter, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twentieth Night
Jain Ascetic Walking Along a Riverbank
Mahrusa’s marriage to the prefect of the city, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-sixth Night
Brahman Rishabhadatta's speech, folio 5 from a Kalpa-sutra
Vishnu on Ananta, the Endless Serpent
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The snake, hidden in a basket of flowers, reveals himself to the Raja who has just sent away his wife, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-third Night
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The deceitful wife ejects the procuress after blackening her face, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
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King Bikramaditya Summons Madhava, from a Madhavanala Kamakandala
The old procuress conveys the young man’s message of love to Mansur’s wife, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot: Seventeenth Night
The lover of Hamnaz, who has been hanged from the gallows, bites off her nose when she kisses him, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fifth Night
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The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twelfth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
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Maharaja Shri Anand Singh-ji and His Consort
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The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twentieth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
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Enthroned Rama and Sita receive homage from their monkey and bear Allies, from the Yuddha Kanda (Book of the War) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)
Portrait Jewel of Emperor Jahangir
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The prince meets a carefree dancing dervish whose good fortune he purchases for his ring, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighteenth Night
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The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-second Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Illustration of the Mahabharata
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The husband berates his wife for purchasing gravel instead of sugar, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
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The creatures of the sea are asked by the king of the Ocean to take a message to the Brahman, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eleventh Night
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Kabir and Two Followers on a Terrace (recto); Calligraphy (verso)
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Page from the Late Shah Jahan Album: Calligraphy Framed by an Ornamental Border with Poppies and Pairs of Birds (verso)
The daughter of the merchant of Mazanderan asks the gardener for the rose, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twelfth Night
Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana visit the hermitage of the sage Bharadvaja at Prayaga, from Chapter 48 of the Ayodhya Kanda (Book of Ayodhya) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)
Vishnu and Lakshmi on Garuda
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As punishment, the jester’s wife and the Zangi are thrown into fire and the emir’s wife and the mahout are trampled by an elephant, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot), Twenty-second Night
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A pair of Brahminy ducks
The court jester meets a Zangi dancing with joy, and learns from him that the cause of his happiness is his assignation with a woman who is the jester’s own wife, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-second Night
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A Man Dips His Hand into a Cauldron as Ladies of the Harem Stand in Amazement: A Page from a Manuscript of Religious History
The infant son of the king of Isfahan responds to music, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirteenth Night
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Equestrian Portrait of Maharana Raj Singh II of Mewar (r. 1755–62)
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Nanda and the Elders in Council with the Cowherds, from a Bhagavata Purana
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A Royal Picnic on a Terrace
Folio 40 from a Kalpa-sutra: Text (recto); Birth of Mahavira (verso)
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Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot)
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A prince conversing with a woman while taking refreshments on a terrace (recto); Calligraphy (verso)
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Draupadi Rescued from Abduction, from a Mahabharata
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A mendicant bowing before a holy man, from the Prince Salim Album
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Habbaza meets Bashir under a tree, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fourth Night
The fourth man digs at the spot where he dropped the shell, expecting jewels, but discovering mere iron, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-seventh Night
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A Mughal courtier
Shahr-Arai’s husband bends to kiss his wife who feigns sleep, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fortieth Night
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The origin of music from a fabulous bird of India which had seven holes in its beak, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fourteenth Night
The merchant’s daughter meets the gardener, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twelfth Night
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Yaja and Upayaja perform a sacrifice for the emergence of Dhrishtadyumna from the fire, from Adi-parva (volume one) of the Razm-nama (Book of Wars) adapted and translated into Persian by Mir Ghiyath al-Din Ali Qazvini, known as Naqib Khan (Persian, d
The four destitute friends go to a wise man who gives each one of them a magic shell to be placed on top of the turban, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-seventh Night
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The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-seventh night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-seventh Night
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In order to falsely implicate her husband, Hamnaz places a knife by his side and lets the blood dripping from her nose stain his clothes, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fifth Night
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The Marriage of Pradyumna and Rukmavati, page from a Bhagavata Purana
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The unfaithful wife explaining away the presence of the dough elephant, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
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Maharaja Anup Singh of Bikaner (reigned 1669–98) Receives a Courtier
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The destitute Mukhtar meets his wife Maimuna at a holy shrine, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fifth Night
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The dervish brings the King of Kings before the king of Bahilistan, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh Night
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Eighth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
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The dream of Zulaykha, from the Amber Album
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The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Seventh Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Kakubha Ragini
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-seventh night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Khujasta kills the pet mynah who advises her not to be unfaithful to Maymun, her husband, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of the Parrot): First Night
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Shahr-Arai and her lover dallying on a bed beneath which is concealed her husband, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fortieth Night
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Dipak Raga, One of the Thirty-Six Melodies (Ragamala): Personifying Love
The siege of Arbela in the era of Hulagu Khan, from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) of Rashid al-Din (Persian, 1247–1318)
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The astrologer predicts a calamity for the newly born prince in his thirteenth year, but one which he would be able to overcome, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
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Nikfal, the fortune of the prince in the form of a woman, offers to accompany him, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighteenth Night
Habbaza’s sister, who is sent to console her, discovers the disguised Arab in her place, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fourth Night
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Khalis repays the prince for his kindness by changing into a snake and sucking the poison from the king’s daughter, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighteenth Night
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Seven men disputing possession of a woman bring her before the Tree of Justice into which she is absorbed, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Sixth Night
The prince being taken away for execution on the false complaint of the handmaiden, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
The dervish brings in as dowry an elephant laden with gold, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh Night
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Bejeweled Buddha Preaching
Akbar Mounting his Horse; page from the Chester Beatty Akbar Nama (History of Akbar)
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
Khurshid reunited with her husband Utarid, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night
Shah Jahan holding a spinel and a long Deccan sword, from the Late Shah Jahan Album
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Shahr-Arai and her husband adopt her lover as a brother in the family, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fortieth Night
The tale of the three men trapped in a cave by a rolling boulder, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the fortieth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
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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
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Maharana Jawan Singh of Mewar (r. 1828–38) Holding a Falcon
The marriage of ‘Ubaid, son of a merchant of Tirmiz, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-second Night
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The Brahman comes upon a lion who has a deer and a gazelle as his viziers, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-first Night
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An Illuminated Folio from the Royal Manuscript of the Farhang-i Jahangiri (verso)
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A Lady with Attendant and a Pair of Deer: Probably Gujari Ragini of Dipak, from a Pahari Ragamala
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-Fourth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-sixth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
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The king plucks fruit from the Tree of Life with his own hands and feeds it to a lady, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Ninth Night
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Babur receives booty and Humayun’s salute after the victory over Sultan Ibrahim in 1526, from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian, 1551–1602)
Battle between Manuchihr and Tur, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, c. 934–1020)
The prince, a son of the ruler of Sistan, enters the service of a snake, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-seventh Night
A holy man prostrating himself before a learned prince
The Raja’s son vows to sever his head and offer it to the image if he is united with the princess he has seen in the temple, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fourth Night
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Kaiwan, Latif, and Sharif arrive at a house of worship, where they seek help from Khurshid who has become a mystical healer, from a Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night
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The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-third night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
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The two cooks, who attempt to seduce the warrior’s loyal wife, are trapped by her in a cellar, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fourth Night
The Heroine Who Waits Anxiously for Her Absent Lover (Utka Nayika)
Ghatotkacha and three demons in his company chase Bhagadatta, from Bhishma-parva (volume six) of a Razm-nama (Book of Wars) adapted from the Sanskrit Mahabharata and translated into Persian by Mir Ghiyath al-Din Ali Qazvini, known as Naqib Khan (Pers
Folio 18 from a Chandana Malayagiri Varta (Story of King Chandana and Queen Malayagiri) of Karamachand: Ravana battles the great vulture Jatayu and defeats him by throwing stones in his mouth (recto); Jatayu approaches Rama and Lakshmana who are wond
The handmaiden again pleads for the death of the prince, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
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Queen Kaikeyi reminds King Dasharatha about the sacrifices of King Bali and King Shivi, folio 39 from the Ayodhya Kanda (Book of Ayodhya) of a Ramayana (Rama's Journey)
Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot)
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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
A prince celebrating Holi with palace women on a terrace at night (recto); calligraphy of a quatrain (verso)
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
An Ambassador before Humayun
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The king’s handmaiden takes the prince away to the harem, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
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Jaswant Singh of Jodhpur (reigned 1635–1678)
The painting made by the vizier of the emperor of China for the queen of Rum, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-ninth Night
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Page from the Late Shah Jahan Album: Persian Calligraphy framed by an ornamental border of flowers, birds, and deer
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Akbar and Jahangir Examine a Ghir Falcon while Prince Khusrau Stands Behind
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A noble, probably Raja Gaur Sen, receives another noble
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The dethroned frog Shapur seeks the help of the serpent, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenth-sixth Night
Saindhavi Ragini of the "Sri Raga" Family, page from a Ragamala Series
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
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The pious man’s son presents the slain dragon to the king, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night
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The merchant Mansur departs on a sea voyage, leaving his wife behind, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventeenth Night
A Mounted Prince Hunting Lion in a Rocky Landscape
King and Queen in Zenana: Sandehi Ragini, Wife of Bhairava, from the “Second Basohli Ragamala"
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The vizier dissuades the king of Bahilistan from executing the dervish who asks for his daughter’s hand in marriage, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh Night
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Kabir and Two Followers on a Terrace (recto)
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The daughter-in-law of the king of Banaras sees the jackal deprived of its food by a bird, as it unsuccessfully attempts to catch a fish, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Sixteenth Night
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
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King Bhojaraja tries in vain to ascertain the whereabouts of the pearl from the four travelling companions, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twelfth Night
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The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
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Kedara Ragini
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The snake enters into an argument with the frog, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-sixth Night
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An Illuminated Folio from the Royal Manuscript of the Farhang-i Jahangiri (recto)
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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
The merchant’s daughter encounters a wolf and bandits on her way to meet the gardener in order to keep her promise, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twelfth Night
Three suitors fight amongst themselves for the hand of the devotee’s daughter, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twentieth Night
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Thirteenth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Leaf from the Late Shah Jahan Album: Harem Night-Bathing Scene (recto); Calligraphy Framed by an Ornamental Border of Flowers and Birds (verso)
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Woman Longing for Her Lover: Verati Ragini of Dipak, from a Ragamala
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The wolf and the jackal, serving as viziers, instigate the lion who pursues the Brahman up a tree, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-first Night
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Raja Bikram Singh of Guler (r. 1661–75) Smoking a Hookah
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The king dreams of a lady, the personification of wealth, departing from him on account of his purchasing a bowl and a staff from a yogi, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-sixth Night
Peacocks and Bamboo
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A feast for Babur hosted by his half-brother Jahangir Mirza in Ghazni in May 1505, from a Babur-nama (Memoirs of Babur)
Buddhist Deities
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Maru Ragini, from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies)
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Madhava Faces a Man Holding a Scale, from a Madhavanala Kamakandala
A Sage with Tiger
The invention of musical instruments from the intestines of a monkey, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fourteenth Night
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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
Shiva and Devi on Gajasura's Hide
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The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the fiftieth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fiftieth Night
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The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Seventeenth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The daughter-in-law of the king of Banaras, charmed by the music of a vagabond, comes down to meet him, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Sixteenth Night
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Mahliqa, Daughter of the Emperor of China, Pointing at the Bird-Man Khwaja Mubarak: A Leaf from a Poetical Romance Relating to Shah Alam I (recto)
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The prince rejects the amorous advances of the king’s handmaiden, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
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Pancham Raga
The young man, who has magically taken on the appearance of Mansur the merchant, arrives at his home, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventeenth Night
Sugriva challenges his brother Vali, King of the Forest Dwellers, to a duel, folio 10 from the Kishkindha Kanda (Book of Kishkindha) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)
Three Musicians Perform Before a King: Shri Raga, from a Ragamala
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The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-third Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
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Kamjuy, the wife of the Raja, averts her face from the fishes, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-third Night
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The mendicant’s wife deceives him with a soldier, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fourth Night
Two Women Pluck Flowers on a Terrace: Gunakali Ragini, from a Ragamala
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The handmaiden again appeals for justice and the prince is led to the place of execution for the third time, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
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Ascetic Princess with Snakes in a Wilderness: Asavari Ragini, from a Ragamala
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A Nakiya, probably Proshitaperyasi Nayika
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Lovers parting, page from a book of fables
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A Woman Plucks Leaves While Awaiting Her Lover: Gunakali Ragini of Malkos, from the “Chawand Ragamala”
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The Brahman gives an account of his falling in love with the king of Babylon’s daughter to his friend, the magician, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fifth Night
The eldest brother explains the reason for his youthful appearance, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-ninth Night
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
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-first night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The monk returns the magic parrot to its rightful owner, the merchant, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Tenth Night
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The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-fifth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
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The vagabond crosses a stream with the possessions of the daughter-in-law of the king of Banaras and absconds, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Sixteenth Night
Text describing the pregnancy of Queen Trishala, folio 40 (recto) from a Kalpa-sutra
The lover’s son makes an elephant of the pastry dough carried by the unfaithful wife and puts it in her basket, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
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Woman Addressing a Peacock: Gujari Ragini of Megh, from a Ragamala
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The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Tenth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The two couples reach a foreign city where they make their home, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-third Night
Akbar supervising the capture of wild elephants at Malwa in 1564, painting 90 from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian 1551–1602)
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Raja Ram Chand of Amber (r. 1667–88) Hunting Wild Boar
The daughter of the king of the jinns bows before the King of Kings who has just undergone the ordeal of passing through the boiling oil to emerge as a youth, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh Night
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The daughter-in-law returns from her misadventure, feigning insanity, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Sixteenth Night
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Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot)
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Gaudi Ragini
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Mahrusa kills herself at the tomb of the king of Zabul, and her husband does likewise, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-sixth Night
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The princess discovers the dead bodies, with heads severed, of her husband and his Brahman friend, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fourth Night
The magician, disguised as a Brahman, visits the king of Babylon, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fifth Night
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The prince’s ordeal continues, he is ordered away to be executed for the fifth time, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Maharana Sangram Singh II of Mewar (r. 1710–34) and Stages a Boar Hunt with Tigers at Sadri
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The deceitful wife persuades her husband to sleep in the same place where she had previously slept with her lover, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
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A woman asks her lover to leave her house, brandishing his sword and feigning rage in order to deceive her husband who has just arrived, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
The Brahman gambler sees the daughter of the king of the jinns in a pit together with an old man and a cauldron of boiling oil, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot: Seventh Night)
The Raja’s daughter, born with three breasts, accompanies her blind husband and his hunchback guide on a journey, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-second Night
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The magician disguised as a Brahman returns to claim his “daughter-in-law,” from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fifth Night
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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
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Repenting his conduct, ‘Ubaid falls at the feet of his parents, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-second Night
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Man Dhata in Yogi Position
The Heroine Who Waits Anxiously for Her Absent Lover: Utka Nayika
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A Princess and Demons before a Nobleman: A Leaf from a Poetical Romance Relating to Shah Alam I (recto); Stenciled Scenes of Lion and Gazelle (verso)
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Goddess Mangala, from a Devi Series
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Worship of Stone Image of Shiva and Parvati within a Shrine
The king gives his daughter in marriage to the pious man’s son, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night
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The merchant’s daughter gives birth to a son as a result of eating out of the box. The clever child recognizes the false gems from true, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-third Night
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The Emir slays the snake after giving it shelter, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-fifth Night
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The wolf advises the lion to consult the cat, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifteenth Night
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Shri Raga, from a Ragamala
Emperor Shah Jahan
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A Mughal Prince, Perhaps Danyal, Holding a Sprig of Flowers
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The magic parrot of the merchant talks to the vizier’s son, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Tenth Night
Peafowl and Phoenixes
The lion disturbed by mice who eat the food trapped in his aging teeth, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifteenth Night
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The court of the Raja of Ujjain, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-sixth Night
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The gardener seizes and beats a donkey who insisted on braying, while the deer, its companion flees to safety, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-first Night
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The king of Zabul sees Mahrusa from his palace balcony, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-sixth Night
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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
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The merchant has the hateful skull ground and put into a box, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-third Night
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Shri Raga: An Illustration from a Ragamala Series
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The king of the Ocean, having assumed human form, arrives at the court of the Raja, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eleventh Night
The third suitor strikes the devotee’s daughter and thus restores her to life, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twentieth Night
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Gaudi Ragini, page from a Ragamala series
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Salim and Salima return to Ayaz and Mahmuda in the sanctuary, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-third Night
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Sultan Ibrahim ibn Adham of Balkh Visited by Angels
The soldier receives a garland of roses from his wife which will remain fresh as long as she is faithful, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fourth Night
The Brahman’s predicament is conveyed by the wind to the fish who carries the news to the king of the Ocean, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eleventh Night
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The merchant of Tirmiz takes the wise parrot and myna to ‘Ubaid, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-second Night
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The hunter throws away the baby parrots, who pretend to be dead, and captures the mother, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night
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The pious man’s son, now a king, reveals himself to his father; his nurse upbraids his unfaithful mother, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night
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A floral fantasy of animals and birds (Waq-waq)
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Madhu Madhavi Ragini
Raja Hari Sen of Mandi (r. 1604–1623/37)
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Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot)
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Krishna and Radha Avoid Embarrassment: Mottaita Bhava, from a Rasikapriya
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The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-third night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Kaiwan sends a message of love to Khurshid, wife of his brother Utarid who is away on a journey, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night
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The goldsmith and the carpenter inform the king of a dream in which the golden images plan to desert the city for lack of worshippers, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Third Night
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Woman Feeding Deer: Todi Ragini, from a Ragamala
The deceitful wife assaults her erring husband, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
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The parrot laughs on hearing the Raja of Ujjain’s wife admire her beauty in a mirror, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot: Forty-sixth Night
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Vivaca Ragaputra, a Leaf from Ragamala Series
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A Woman Charms Snakes in the Wilderness: Asavari Ragini, from a Ragamala
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Khadgaroma, Son of Ravana
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Page of disasters, from the Tarikh-i Alfi (History of a Thousand Years)
The young prince recounts his experiences to his father, the king, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Shah Jahan
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The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Eighteenth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The wife of the son of the vizier brings the magic wooden parrot to her lover, the monk, who exchanges it for the replica, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Tenth Night
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The Sentiment of Peace: Sama Rasa, from a Rasikapriya
Mukhtar throws his wife Maimuna into the pit, but she saves herself, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fifth Night
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Calligraphy of a Pious Invocation in Rhyme (verso)
Shri Raga, from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies)
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The young prince is crowned and the wicked handmaiden is executed, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
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The disguised Arab, substituting for Habbaza, is whipped by her husband for refusing a bowl of milk, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fourth Night
Kedara Ragini
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The forty wives and their secret paramours being punished by stoning to death, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-third Night
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The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Thirtieth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
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God Shiva in His Ferocious Aspect as Mahakala Dancing
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The First Adventure of the White Horse, Page from the Khan Khanan's Razm Nama (Book of Wars)
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Toilette of Radha
The prince, once reprieved, is returned to the palace of execution a second time on the plea of the king’s handmaiden, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
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The false Mansur punished before the judge and expelled from the city, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventeenth Night
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Vabhruvahana Approaches Arjuna, page from the Khan Khanan's Razm-nama
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The hunter offers the mother parrot to the king of Kamarupa, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night
Durga Slaying Mahisha
The prince, with the help of Mukhlis who changes into a frog, recovers the ring lost in the sea, and returns it to the king, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighteenth Night
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A Heroine and Her Paramour: Malavi Ragini, from a Ragamala
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Husain Ali Khan Entertaining His Brothers (The Sayyid Brothers)
The son of the king of Babylon sees the Brahman transformed into a woman bathing and falls in love with her, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fifth Night
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-sixth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
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Parshva Undergoes Physical Trials, Folio 46 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
A Monk Preaching: Folio 2 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
A dancing dervish and three musicians, from a Divan (Collected Poems) of Urfi (Persian, 1555–1591)
Leaf from a Kalighat album: Rama and Sita enthroned (recto); Garuda carrying Balarama and Krishna (verso)
Jesus among the doctors in the Temple
Battle of Ravana and Jatayu, from Chapters 50 and 51 of the Aranya Kanda (Book of the Forest) of Valmiki's Ramayana (Rama’s Journey); folio from the "Burnt" Ramayana
Illustration to the Mahabharata
Yusuf and Zulaykha meeting
From Dohras (Songs) 40 and 42 from the Kitab-i Nauras (Book of Nine Essences) of Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II of Bijapur (r. 1580–1627); verso: From Dohras (Songs) 40 and 36 from the Kitab-i Nauras of Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II
Krishna Vanquishing the Crane-Demon Bakasura
Krishna and the Cowherds Dive into the River, from a Rasikapriya
Gujari Ragini (Krishna with Gopis Playing the Flute), from a Ragamala Series
Radha and Krishna meet in the forest during a storm
Royal Women Celebrating Diwali
The Goddess Annihilates the Demon Raktabija, from a Devi-Mahatmya
Rama and Lakshmana slay the demon giant Viradha, from Chapters 2 through 4 of the Aranya Kanda (Book of the Forest) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)
Tiered Court Scene
From Dohras (Songs) 40 and 36 from the Kitab-i Nauras of Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II (verso)
Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana visit the hermitage of the sage Bharadvaja at Prayaga, from Chapter 48 of the Ayodhya Kanda (Book of Ayodhya) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)
A Princess on a Terrace with Attendants at Night (recto)
Radha and Krishna Embracing, Leaf from a Gita Govinda
Akbar supervising the capture of wild elephants at Malwa in 1564, painting 90 from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian 1551–1602)
Man Dhata in Yogi Position
Krishna Steals the Clothes of the Milkmaids and Expounds on the Virtue of Trees, from a Braj Bhagavata Purana
Maharana Jagat Singh II Hunting
Todi Ragini, from a Ragamala Series
Draupadi Rescued from Abduction, from a Mahabharata
Abduction of Rukmini: Krishna Tied the Hands of Rukma, from a Bhagavata Purana
Krishna Lifts Mount Govardhan, from a Bhagavata Purana
Portrait of Raja Jagat Singh of Nurpur (reigned 1618–46)
Women Play Music for Radha and Krishna: Chitrini Nayika, from a Rasikapriya
Royal Elephant Ramkali with a Mahout
Ghatotkacha and three demons in his company chase Bhagadatta, from Bhishma-parva (volume six) of a Razm-nama (Book of Wars) adapted from the Sanskrit Mahabharata and translated into Persian by Mir Ghiyath al-Din Ali Qazvini, known as Naqib Khan (Persian, d. 1614)
Shamsa (sunburst) with portrait of Aurangzeb (1618–1707), from the Emperor's Album (the Kevorkian Album)
Women Enjoying the River at the Forest’s Edge (recto)
The Holy Family
Princess Smoking a Hookah (as Salabhanjika)
Illustration of the Mahabharata
Posthumous portrait of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (reigned 1719–1748) holding a falcon (recto)
A blindfolded suitor is brought before a princess; verso: scrolling floral vines
Krishna Stealing Curds
A charioteer riding through a rocky landscape with an entourage of footmen and musicians, page from a Razm-nama (Book of Wars) adapted from the Sanskrit Mahabharata and translated into Persian by Mir Ghiyath al-Din Ali Qazvini, known as Naqib Khan (Persian, d. 1614)
Court lady singing and playing the vina (recto)
A blindfolded suitor is brought before a princess (recto)
Court Lady Pouring Wine (recto); Calligraphy of Lyrical Quatrains (verso)
Text of Rustam and Suhrab, from the Shah-nama of Firdausi (Persian, c. 934–1020) (verso)
Women bathing before an architectural panorama
A princess on a terrace with attendants at night (recto); Calligraphy (verso)
A prince celebrating Holi with palace women on a terrace at night (recto); calligraphy of a quatrain (verso)
Flowering Marigold (verso)
Text of Rustam and Suhrab, from the Shah-nama of Firdausi (Persian, c. 934–1020) (recto)
Two Women Pluck Flowers on a Terrace: Gunakali Ragini, from a Ragamala
The Dream of Zuleykha
Three Musicians Perform Before a King: Shri Raga, from a Ragamala
From Dohras (Songs) 40 and 42 from the Kitab-i Nauras (Book of Nine Essences) of Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II of Bijapur (r. 1580–1627) (recto)
Prince and ascetics, from the Late Shah Jahan Album
The Lover Leaves Wistfully in the Morning after a Passionate Tryst: Lalit Ragini, from a Ragamala
Women enjoying the river at the forest’s edge (recto) and flowering marigold (verso)
A marbled picture of Rustam catching Rakhsh
Yaja and Upayaja perform a sacrifice for the emergence of Dhrishtadyumna from the fire, from Adi-parva (volume one) of the Razm-nama (Book of Wars) adapted and translated into Persian by Mir Ghiyath al-Din Ali Qazvini, known as Naqib Khan (Persian, d. 1614) from the Sanskrit Mahabharata
Page from the Poem of Beauty and Love
Krishna and Radha Avoid Embarrassment: Mottaita Bhava, from a Rasikapriya
A prince celebrating Holi with palace women on a terrace at night (recto)
Princess and attendant in trompe l’oeil window
The First Adventure of the White Horse, Page from the Khan Khanan's Razm Nama (Book of Wars)
A Courtier, Possibly Khan Alam, Holding a Spinel and a Deccan Sword
Portrait of Raja Ram Singh of Amber (r. 1667-1688) with a Deccan Sword (recto); Calligraphy (verso)
An Illuminated Folio from the Royal Manuscript of the Farhang-i Jahangiri (recto)
Kabir and Two Followers on a Terrace (recto)
A royal ram with a gold chain
Illuminated page (verso), from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al- Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492) with two Persian masnavis: Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Khirad-nama-i Iskandari (Alexander’s Book of Wisdom)
Lady after a Bath
Calligraphy framed by an ornamental border with poppies and pairs of birds, from the Late Shah Jahan Album (verso)
Sita asks Rama to fetch the golden deer, from the “Shangri” Ramayana
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Fifteenth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
A Prince Visiting a Holy Man in a Rocky Landscape (recto)
Page of disasters, from the Tarikh-i Alfi (History of a Thousand Years)
Portrait of Raja Ram Singh of Amber (r. 1667-1688) with a Deccan Sword (recto)
Portrait of a Prince with a Hawk
Portrait Jewel of Emperor Jahangir![Page of disasters, from the Tarikh-i Alfi (History of the Thousand [Years]), by Unknown, 1595](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/unknown--page-of-disasters-from-the-tarikh-i-alfi-history-of-the-thou--16c8b92206fa51ff-w320.webp)
Page of disasters, from the Tarikh-i Alfi (History of the Thousand [Years])
A night scene of Shiva puja (recto); Calligraphy (verso)
Maru Ragini, from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies)
Sultan and Musicians
A pair of Brahminy ducks
Queen Kaikeyi reminds King Dasharatha about the sacrifices of King Bali and King Shivi, folio 39 from the Ayodhya Kanda (Book of Ayodhya) of a Ramayana (Rama's Journey)
Madhu Madhavi Ragini
Gaudi Ragini, page from a Ragamala series
Devagandhara Ragini: An Ascetic in Retreat, from the Ragamala Series
Folio 167, from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya: two nuns teaching lay women (recto); genealogical text (verso)
Gunakali Ragini
Calligraphy (verso)
An Illuminated Folio from the Royal Manuscript of the Farhang-i Jahangiri (verso)
Portrait of Emperor Alamgir (Aurangzeb)
Zulaykha in her palace and as an old woman with Joseph, from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492); verso from a Panj Ganj of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492), with two masnavis: Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Khirad-nama-i Iskandari (Alexander’s Book of Wisdom)
Kedara Ragini
Calligraphy of a Pious Invocation in Rhyme (verso)
Hanuman spies Sita in the Ashoka Grove, from the “Shangri” Ramayana
Court Lady Pouring Wine (recto)
Kedara Ragini
Vase with flower arrangement and scrollwork
Page from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492), with two Persian
masnavis: Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Subhat al-abrar (Rosary of the Righteous) (verso)
Krishna Playing the Flute and other Episodes from the Bhagavata Purana
Portrait of Asaf Khan (1569–1641), from the Late Shah Jahan Album
Ragini Desakh of Meghamalhar
Leaf from the Late Shah Jahan Album: Harem Night-Bathing Scene (recto); Calligraphy Framed by an Ornamental Border of Flowers and Birds (verso)
Portrait of Suraj Singh Rathor, Raja of Marwar and Maternal Uncle of Shah Jahan: A Page from the Prince Khurram Album
Krishna's Insomnia, Page from a Rasikapriya
Posthumous portrait of Emperor Jahangir under a canopy (recto)
Battle between Manuchihr and Tur, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, c. 934–1020)
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Lovers parting, page from a book of fables
A mendicant bowing before a holy man, from the Prince Salim Album
Gunakali Ragini
Folio B: Folio from the "Five Treasures" (Panj Ganj) of Jami (recto)
Portrait of the Aged Akbar
Akbar Mounting his Horse; page from the Chester Beatty Akbar Nama (History of Akbar)
Markandeya Viewing Krishna in the Cosmic Ocean
Page from the Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492), with two Persian masnavis (narrative poems): Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Subhat al-abrar (Rosary of the Righteous)
Vabhruvahana Approaches Arjuna, page from the Khan Khanan's Razm-nama
The lion disturbed by mice who eat the food trapped in his aging teeth, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifteenth Night
A feast for Babur hosted by his half-brother Jahangir Mirza in Ghazni in May 1505, from a Babur-nama (Memoirs of Babur)
Devi Enshrined and Holding the Tongue of a Demon
Portrait of Murad Bakhsh (1624–61)
A Rathor Noble Visiting a Holy Man at a Vishnu Shrine
Genealogical text, folio 167 (verso) from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya
Kanhara Ragini: Song of Inspiration to Krishna for Killing the Elephant Demon, from the Ragamala Series
From the Farhang-i Jahangiri (Persian-language Dictionary) compiled by Mir Jamal al-Din Husayn Inju of Shiraz (Persian, d. 1626)
Posthumous portrait of Emperor Jahangir under a canopy (recto); Calligraphy (verso)
Drawing of an Elephant
Oval portrait of a woman in a Chaghtai hat
A prince visiting a holy man in a rocky landscape
Princes hunting in a rocky landscape
Portrait of a Woman
Krishna and Radha Under Mt. Govardhan
A prince conversing with a woman while taking refreshments on a terrace (recto); Calligraphy (verso)
Krishna and Satyabhama Storm the Citadel of Naraka, folio 97 from a Bhagavata Purana
Rooster
Saindhavi Ragini of the "Sri Raga" Family, page from a Ragamala Series
Dipak Raga, One of the Thirty-Six Melodies (Ragamala): Personifying Love
Malar Ragini: Krishna Playing the Flute to Seven Gopis Holding Musical Instruments, from the Ragamala Series
Zulaykha in her palace and as an elderly woman with Joseph (recto), from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al- Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492)
Court lady singing and playing the vina
Akrura Drives Krishna and Balarama to Mathura, from the “Isarda Bhagavata Purana”
Head of a Beauty
Shah Jahan holding a spinel and a long Deccan sword, from the Late Shah Jahan Album
Babur meeting with Sultan Ali Mirza at the Kohik River, from a Babur-nama (Memoirs of Babur)
Pichvai of Shri Nathji
Bangala Ragini
A Night Scene of Shiva Puja (recto)
The cat attacks the mice which disturb the lion, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifteenth Night
Kabir and Two Followers on a Terrace (recto); Calligraphy (verso)
Todi Ragini, from a Ragamala Series
Persian calligraphy framed by an ornamental border of flowers, birds, and deer, from the Late Shah Jahan Album
Harem night-bathing scene, from the Late Shah Jahan Album (recto)
A princess with attendants on a terrace
Kakubha Ragini
Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan, from a Persian translation of the Bhagavata Purana, c. 1625
Shah Jahan
Devi Attacking a Demon
Pancham Raga
The siege of Arbela in the era of Hulagu Khan, from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) of Rashid al-Din (Persian, 1247–1318)
Kanhra Ragini
Krishna and Balarama Approaching Mathura
Jewel Portrait of a Young Girl
A Ruler Seated on a Terrace Worshipping at a Shrine of Radha and Krishna
Babar(?)
A princess reclining on a terrace with attendants
Shri Raga: An Illustration from a Ragamala Series
A Woman Plucks Leaves While Awaiting Her Lover: Gunakali Ragini of Malkos, from the “Chawand Ragamala”
Folio 2 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya of Devachandra
The dream of Zulaykha, from the Amber Album
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
Folio 18 from a Chandana Malayagiri Varta (Story of King Chandana and Queen Malayagiri) of Karamachand: Ravana battles the great vulture Jatayu and defeats him by throwing stones in his mouth (recto); Jatayu approaches Rama and Lakshmana who are wondering where Sita could be (verso)
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Thirteenth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Text, Folio 13 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The bag of gold which he received for the slave girl being stolen in a mosque, the young man of Baghdad tears his cloths and is about to fling himself into the Tigris, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-eighth Night
The bird of seven colors brings a sable to the pious man, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night
The Brahman gambler sees the daughter of the king of the jinns in a pit together with an old man and a cauldron of boiling oil, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot: Seventh Night)
Text, Folio 44 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The Brahman comes upon a lion who has a deer and a gazelle as his viziers, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-first Night
The unfaithful wife explaining away the presence of the dough elephant, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
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Rana Amar Singh II (reigned 1698–1710) smoking a hookah
The wounded monkey bites the hand of the prince, his chessmate, in the presence of guests, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night
Text, Folio 8 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 37 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 30 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, folio 6 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
A Mounted Prince Hunting Lion in a Rocky Landscape
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-ninth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-Ninth Night
Text, Folio 63 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Jatayu approaches Rama and Lakshmana who are wondering where Sita could be, folio 18 (verso) from a Chandana Malayagiri Varta (Story of King Chandana and Queen Malayagiri) of Karamachand
Kamakandala dies on hearing the news of Madhava’s death, folio 19 from a Madhavanala-Kamakandala of Alam
Portrait of Prince Sur Singh Rathor of Bikaner (1594–1631)
Text, folio 11 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Krishna watches the milkmaids circumambulating a sacred tree: The month of Jyestha (May–June), from a Barahmasa (The Twelve Months)
Prince Amar Singh (1672–1710) Drives His Own Elephant
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
The soldier receives a garland of roses from his wife which will remain fresh as long as she is faithful, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fourth Night
Text, Folio 44 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 40 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Shvetambara Jain Teacher Giving Instruction
Text, Folio 35 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
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
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Tenth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Text, Folio 23 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 74 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Portrait of the Courtier Mirza Muizz
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The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-sixth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Text, Folio 62 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Hearing her declaration of love, Ayaz falls at the feet of Mahmuda at the holy shrine. The scene is witnessed by Salim, Ayaz’s friend, and a maid, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-third Night
The Raja’s son vows to sever his head and offer it to the image if he is united with the princess he has seen in the temple, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fourth Night
The guard spares the life of the slave when he learns that he is the son of the princess of the Rum, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fiftieth Night
The young man of Baghdad solicits advice from a friend as his slave girl, who is adept at music, awaits, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-eighth Night
The merchant’s daughter encounters a wolf and bandits on her way to meet the gardener in order to keep her promise, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twelfth Night
Text, Folio 15 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Bhairava Raga
The merchant’s daughter gives birth to a son as a result of eating out of the box. The clever child recognizes the false gems from true, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-third Night
The three suitors again begin to quarrel among themselves for the hand of the devotee’s daughter, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twentieth Night
The mendicant’s wife deceives him with a soldier, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fourth Night
Bashir confides his love for Habbaza to an Arab friend, and sends him to her with a message, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fourth Night
Text, Folio 52 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 38 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The king gives his daughter in marriage to the pious man’s son, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night
Text, Folio 33 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-eighth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twentieth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The infant son of the king of Isfahan responds to music, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirteenth Night
Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Text, Folio 68 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 17 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Kali and Devi attack, from a Devi Mahatmya
Hulagu Khan giving a feast and dispensing favor upon the amirs and princes, from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles)
Repenting his conduct, ‘Ubaid falls at the feet of his parents, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-second Night
The handmaiden again pleads for the death of the prince, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
The pious man’s wife offers the seven-colored bird as food to her lover, but not finding its head, he breaks the pot and bowl in anger, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night
Portrait of Emperor Jahangir Riding an Elephant
Sanehi Ragini, from the “Second Basohli" Ragamala
Text, Folio 42 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The two cooks, who attempt to seduce the warrior’s loyal wife, are trapped by her in a cellar, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fourth Night
Alamshah cleaving asunder the chain of the wheel, from volume 11 of a Hamza-nama (Adventures of Hamza)
Krishna Exacts a Toll from the Milkmaids: Dana-Lila, from a Bhagavata Purana