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Khurshid reunited with her husband Utarid, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night

c. 1560
(reigned 1556–1605)
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); Painting only: 10.6 x 10.1 cm (4 3/16 x 4 in.)
Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.216.b
Location: not on view
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On the right, Khurshid, wearing orange, and Utarid embrace after a long separation. The three men standing on the left with heads hanging in shame have just confessed the misdeeds they committed against Khurshid. Upon admitting these transgressions, they are miraculously cured of the ailments that inflicted them.
Khurshid reunited with her husband Utarid, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night

Khurshid reunited with her husband Utarid, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night

c. 1560

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

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