The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-second night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
A page from an illustrated manuscript with Arabic script. The top two-thirds of the page is filled with rows of black and yellow text on a background with yellowed parchment color. The bottom one-third depicts a scene with a man and a bird. The man wears a blue patterned robe with a long white sash and a headpiece with jewels. He stands on green grass in front of a red brick wall topped with blue and a low wall with a patterned yellow, blue, and red design. The wall has a doorway and two windows on the right and a stand with a green parrot on the left. The background includes a blue sky with a white and gold domed roof.
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