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The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-second night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Woman wearing a blue top and a long green skirt with gold trim stands in a courtyard, holding a string with a white flower on it. The woman looks to her right; she has a bindi on her forehead, earrings, a necklace, and bracelets. A green parrot perches on a gold stand on a red brick platform to her right. The courtyard has a red brick floor, and the walls are white with blue, yellow, and red accents. The roof has blue, yellow, and red details. The image includes Arabic writing in black ink on a beige background below the illustration.

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