Thirteen lines of fluid Persian script in black and gold ink cover this vertical page of aged, tan paper. A rectangular border of thin red, blue, and gold lines frames the text. Darkening and water stains mark the top edge. The calligraphy features varying line weights and elegant curves. Small gold dots appear between words, and a single numeral sits in the right margin against the colored border.

Estate of Breckinridge Long [1881–1958], Bowie, MD

(Bernard Brown Agency, Milwaukee, WI, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Purchased with funds from Mrs. A. Dean [Helen Wade Greene] Perry)

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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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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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

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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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Mughal India, court of Akbar

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