A vertically oriented page features horizontal rows of flowing Persian calligraphy in black ink on aged cream paper. The script divides into two columns in the center, marked by small red accents. A thin red line and a wide gold border frame the composition. The paper shows light brown spotting and subtle tonal variations.

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

Sericulture (The Process of Making Silk)

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

Falcon

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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