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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

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: 8.7 x 10.2 cm (3 7/16 x 4 in.)
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Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.221.a
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The red fence designates the boundary of a sacred space.

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On the right, an ecstatic Ayaz, dressed in the orange tunic, reunites with his lover, Mahmuda, in a cemetery after her unwilling marriage to another man. Despite this separation, their mutual love has remained true. Salim, watching the reunion with Mahmuda’s maid, quickly devises a plan that will allow the couple to remain together.
A vertically oriented gum tempera and ink painting features six rows of calligraphic Persian script above a flat garden scene. On green grass, a man in an orange robe bows toward a woman in patterned blue. To the left, two light-skinned figures in red and light blue observe. Behind a spiked red fence, a tiered white tomb rises against a pale purple sky. The vibrant composition illustrates a poignant narrative moment.

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

c. 1560

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

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