The young man changes himself to look like Mansur, and thus inveigles himself into the bed of Mansur’s wife, but is put off by her, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventeenth Night

The image depicts a colorful illustration of a man and woman on a bed. The woman sits on the left side of the bed wearing an orange dress and gold jewelry; she has a bindi on her forehead and a nose ring. Her hair is pulled back into a low ponytail. The man sits on the right side of the bed wearing a yellow robe with a sash around his waist and a white head covering. He has a beard and mustache. The bed has a patterned blue footboard and a red headboard. The bedspread is pink with a floral pattern. A yellow frame surrounds the bottom of the bed. There are two small yellow tables on either side of the bed. The background of the image features a beige color with black text written in a foreign language, possibly Arabic or Persian, at the top. The text is surrounded by a thin red and gold border.

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Dimensions: 616 × 893 px
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The young man changes himself to look like Mansur, and thus inveigles himself into the bed of Mansur’s wife, but is put off by her, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventeenth Night

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