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The emir slays the snake after giving it shelter, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-fifth Night

Cleveland Museum of Art

Man in orange robe on a rock gestures toward a man with a sword standing next to a serpent with blood on its mouth; another man gestures toward the kneeling man; two white horses with bridles on the left; sparse vegetation; gray and brown rocky hill; bright yellow background.

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