The Brahman gambler sees the daughter of the king of the jinns in a pit together with an old man and a cauldron of boiling oil, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot: Seventh Night)
The image depicts a scene with a woman, an old man and a man on a throne. The scene is set within an archway constructed from green bricks at the top and red bricks at the bottom. The woman wears a pink and white dress and is sitting on the top right of the arch. The man on the throne has a crown on his head, an orange and black robe and sits on the left side of the archway. A large silver bowl with handles sits on a fire next to him. The old man crouches on the right next to the arch. A tree grows on the right side. A staircase is on the right. The background has a blue sky and a hill. Black text in a foreign language is written at the top. The image is on yellowed paper with dark spots.
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