Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.624 depicts a scene from the Shirin va Khusraw. The union of 10 couples had been arranged by Khusraw, who sits with Shirin in celebration. In the spirit of the happy ceremony, Khusraw asks Shirin to marry. Although in love with him, the Armenian princess declines. The inscription in red in the border reads: 'amal-i (the work of) Sanwalah.
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