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The vizier dissuades the king of Bahilistan from executing the dervish who asks for his daughter’s hand in marriage, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh 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: 14 x 9.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.44.b
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Bahilistan was once an independent state in India.

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A poor dervish, wearing a fur cap and short brown lower garment, stands captive before the furious king of Bahilistan. Before he can kill the dervish, a vizier reminds him that it is beneath a king to stain his sword with the blood of a mendicant. The dervish is ordered to prove his worth by offering the king’s daughter an elephant laden with gold.
A vertically oriented book page features Persian script above a gum tempera painting depicting men with light to medium-dark skin tones in two narrative scenes. In the upper scene, a figure in an orange robe sits on a gold throne. Below a pink brick wall, four figures stand on grass. At left, one leads a captive toward a blue-tiled doorway, while two armed men in colorful tunics stand on our right.

The vizier dissuades the king of Bahilistan from executing the dervish who asks for his daughter’s hand in marriage, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh Night

c. 1560

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

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