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İpek Özdemir

İpek Özdemir writes for the Miniature Painting department at Matchless Pieces, covering the history, makers and collecting of miniature painting.

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The two couples reach a foreign city where they make their home, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-third Night — Anonymous, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

The two couples reach a foreign city where they make their home, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-third Night

October 10, 2026Shahr-Arai’s husband bends to kiss his wife who feigns sleep, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fortieth Night — Anonymous, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

Shahr-Arai’s husband bends to kiss his wife who feigns sleep, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fortieth Night

October 10, 2026The guard spares the life of the slave when he learns that he is the son of the princess of the Rum, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fiftieth Night — Anonymous, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

The guard spares the life of the slave when he learns that he is the son of the princess of the Rum, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fiftieth Night

October 10, 2026The king gives his daughter in marriage to the pious man’s son, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night — Anonymous, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

The king gives his daughter in marriage to the pious man’s son, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night

October 10, 2026Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Kings of Hells: Leaf 31 — China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)

Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Kings of Hells: Leaf 31

October 10, 2026Durga Slaying Mahisha — Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

Durga Slaying Mahisha

October 10, 2026Sita asks Rama to fetch the golden deer, from the “Shangri” Ramayana — Anonymous, Himachal Pradesh

Sita asks Rama to fetch the golden deer, from the “Shangri” Ramayana

October 10, 2026Rati, the Goddess of Erotic Love, Takes Aim at Krishna, from a Rasikapriya — Anonymous, Rajput Kingdom of Raghogarh

Rati, the Goddess of Erotic Love, Takes Aim at Krishna, from a Rasikapriya

October 10, 2026Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan — Anonymous, Pahari Kingdom of Kangra

Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan

October 10, 2026Mukhtar throws his wife Maimuna into the pit, but she saves herself, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fifth Night — Anonymous, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

Mukhtar throws his wife Maimuna into the pit, but she saves herself, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fifth Night

October 10, 2026

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