The king gives his daughter in marriage to the pious man’s son, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night
The image shows a colorful illustration of a scene with people. The scene depicts a man and woman seated on the floor, facing each other. The man is wearing an orange robe and turban and sits cross-legged on a patterned rug. He has a long white beard and mustache. The woman wears a yellow dress. To their left, a man in a blue robe sits on a low platform. He wears a red turban with a white feather and faces the man in orange. Several other people stand around them, some holding trays or other objects. A canopy is over the group. The background is purple, and there is Arabic writing at the top and bottom of the image.
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