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Latif, who has murdered his brother, falsely accuses Khurshid of the deed, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts a colorful illustration of a scene from a story. The scene shows a man lying on a platform, covered with a blue and orange blanket. A woman in a blue skirt and brown top sits on the floor to the left of the man, her head near his. A man in a green tunic and white pants stands to the right of the platform, pointing towards the man on the platform. Another man in a pink tunic and white pants stands to the right, leaning on a window frame. The platform is in front of a building with a red and yellow roof, and a white wall with a red and blue patterned border. The building has a small archway and a window. There are trees and flowers behind the building. The top of the image has black text written in a foreign language, possibly Arabic or Persian, on a beige background. The overall atmosphere suggests a dramatic and intense moment from the story.

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