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In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
The tale references stereotypes about Africans that were current in India and Iran when the text was written.
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The bird of seven colors brings a sable to the pious man, fr
The prince meets a carefree dancing dervish whose good fortu
Gujarati (Indian, active 1550s-1590s) — The prince, once rep
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty
The dervish brings in as dowry an elephant laden with gold,
Lalu (Indian, active mid-1500s) — The monk returns the magic
The prince being taken away for execution on the false compl
King Bahram, who has married Khassa’s daughter, has her tied
The third suitor strikes the devotee’s daughter and thus res
The two erring cooks, dressed as maidservants, fall at the p
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty
The prince and Nikfal are joined by Khalis and the Mukhlis w