

The rejuvenated old man and the daughter of the king of the jinns take leave of the King of Kings, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh Night
Colorful illustration of a scene with five people. A man sits on a platform on the right side wearing orange. A man and woman stand on the left side. The man on the left wears blue and the woman wears red and green. A man on the right wears green. A small tree is behind the blue-clad man. The people all wear white pants. The man in orange rests one arm on his knee and extends his other arm towards the man in blue. The man in blue extends his arm towards the man in orange. The man in green on the far right extends his arm towards the man in orange from behind a doorway. There are Arabic words written in black ink along the top and bottom. The background includes a yellow wall on the left and a white wall on the right. The platform has a decorative border. A canopy is over the people on the platform. A blue sky is in the upper left.
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