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A Hindu princess committing suttee against the wishes of the Emperor Akbar but with his reluctant consent. Gouache. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Other depictions of this scene are found in a manuscript in the British Library, MS Or. 2839, fol. 17v (see J. Losty, The art of the book in India, London c.1982, pp. 98-99, and N. Titley, Miniatures from Persian manuscripts, London 1977, p. 135) and a manuscript in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, no. P. 268, fol. 31v (see N. Titley, Persian miniature painting, London 1983, pp. 121-122)
In the right foreground, on horseback, is Prince Dāniyāl, Akbar's eldest son, from whom Nau'ī received the story
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