Bahram Visits the White Domed Pavilion on Friday (recto)

Recto of an illustration depicting a scene in a white domed pavilion on a Friday. The illustration is set within a gold-bordered frame and features a central figure wearing white and gold sitting on a patterned rug on the floor. He wears a gold turban with a white feather. Several men surround him; they wear colorful robes with orange, blue, and gold details. A man presents him with an object on a tray. Two more men appear in an upper window wearing similar robes. Two similar figures appear in a smaller alcove on the left. The background includes patterned tiles in blue, white, gold, and orange. A large white and gold domed roof tops the pavilion. Calligraphy in a dark ink appears throughout the image. The artwork appears on yellowed parchment with darker stains and a rough texture. The scene portrays a moment from "Bahram Visits the White Domed Pavilion on Friday" by an unknown artist.

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Dimensions: 576 × 893 px
Museum Record: View original

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Zulaykha in her palace and as an old woman with Joseph, from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492); verso from a Panj Ganj of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492), with two masnavis: Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Khirad-nama-i Iskandari (Alexander’s Book of Wisdom)

The three young men present themselves as suitors for the hand of Zuhra, the daughter of the merchant of Kabul, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fourth Night

Preparation for the marriage of Mahmuda to the Young Vizier, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-third Night

Simeon Kneels in Front of Mary and Jesus after Recognizing Them (folio 40 recto), from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier

John the Baptist recognizes Christ by the appearance of a dove (folio 50 verso), from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier

The young prince recounts his experiences to his father, the king, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

A Royal Picnic on a Terrace

The old procuress conveys the young man’s message of love to Mansur’s wife, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot: Seventeenth Night

Zulaykha in her palace and as an elderly woman with Joseph (recto), from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al- Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492)

The parrot laughs on hearing the Raja of Ujjain’s wife admire her beauty in a mirror, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot: Forty-sixth Night

A dancing dervish and three musicians, from a Divan (Collected Poems) of Urfi (Persian, 1555–1591)

Kaiwan, Latif, and Sharif arrive at a house of worship, where they seek help from Khurshid who has become a mystical healer, from a Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night

The pious man’s wife offers the seven-colored bird as food to her lover, but not finding its head, he breaks the pot and bowl in anger, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night

Yusuf and Zulaykha (recto); Text Page, Persian Verses (verso)

The merchant returns bringing a young slave who is really the son of the princess of Rum, now married to the king, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fiftieth Night

Three Ladies in a Palace Interior: Page from a Dispersed Laur Chanda (Romance of Laurak and Chanda)

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

Grotesque Dancers Performing

The four destitute friends go to a wise man who gives each one of them a magic shell to be placed on top of the turban, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-seventh Night

Bahram Visits the White Domed Pavilion on Friday (recto)

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