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The young man of Baghdad joins the Hashimi’s boat as a sailor to find his slave-girl on board, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-eighth 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: 11.4 x 10 cm (4 1/2 x 3 15/16 in.)
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Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.307.a
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The title “Hashimi” designates the bearer as a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad’s great-grandfather, Hashim.

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After losing all his possessions, the destitute young man joins the crew of a merchant ship. Upon boarding, he quickly realizes that this ship belongs to the same merchant who purchased his lover, the slave girl. She stands in the center of the boat, her finger raised in a gesture of shock, gazing toward her long-lost love.
A vertically oriented tempera and ink painting on paper features four rows of black script above ten figures in a wooden boat on dark, swirling water. Figures have light to medium-light skin tones. On our left, a bearded man in blue sits in an elevated pavilion; a younger man in orange sits opposite him. Several others in red, yellow, and blue garments stand between them against golden hills and green trees.

The young man of Baghdad joins the Hashimi’s boat as a sailor to find his slave-girl on board, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-eighth Night

c. 1560

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

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