The old procuress conveys the young man’s message of love to Mansur’s wife, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot: Seventeenth Night
The image depicts a colorful illustration of a scene with three people, surrounded by text written in a non-Latin script. The scene shows a seated woman wearing an orange top and green skirt, with a person standing behind her wearing a purple outfit. They are positioned on the left side of the image. On the right side stands an older woman dressed in blue and a white headscarf, holding a cane. The background features a yellow wall adorned with patterned rectangles at the top and arched doorways on either side. A green floor with a small table and bowl is visible at the bottom. The image is framed by a border of text at the top and bottom.
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