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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

c. 1560

Mughal India, court of Akbar

(reigned 1556–1605)
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Medium
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Measurements
Overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); Painting only: 16 x 10.1 cm (6 5/16 x 4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.167.b
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Bahir’s friend, wearing yellow, appears both in the upper register and outside Habbaza’s tent.

Description

In the upper register, Bahir, dressed in orange, conveys a message to his friend for his lover Habbaza. Habbaza herself, who is married to another man, waits for the message in her tent. Other villagers appear throughout the painting, some gesturing in surprise, signaling how news of the clandestine affair spread among the people of Habbaza’s tribe.
A vertically oriented tempera and ink painting depicts people with light skin tones in two scenes separated by pink, rounded hills. In the upper section, two men sit beneath a red umbrella on our left, while orange and white tents stand nearby. Below, a woman inside a large red tent faces a man in green robes. Smaller tents, figures, and a horse occupy the bottom. Green trees and orange flowers dot the rocky terrain.

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

c. 1560

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

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