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The marriage of ‘Ubaid, son of a merchant of Tirmiz, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-second Night

Cleveland Museum of Art

A colorful illustration depicting a scene from "The marriage of 'Ubaid, son of a merchant of Tirmiz". A man in orange sits cross-legged on a patterned rug under a canopy; he holds a piece of paper. Two people sit to his left and two to his right. A table with a bowl and other objects sits in front of them. The background features a building with a window. The image is surrounded by a border with Arabic text.

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