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Burning and melting, Youth confesses his falling in love to his father, Walters Manuscript W.649, fol. 9a
Set in India, the story begins with a young Hindu man confessing his strong love for his childhood friend to his father. His father consents to the young man’s request to marry and sends a message to the girl’s parents. An elegantly calligraphed, illuminated and illustrated copy of the poem SÅ«z va gudÄz ('Burning and melting') by NawÊ¿Ä« KhabÅ«shÄnÄ« (d.1019 AH /1610 CE) which recounts the love story of a Hindu girl who decides to burn herself on the pyre of her betrothed killed accidentally just before their marriage. The present codex was penned by Ibn Sayyid MurÄd al-ḤusaynÄ« and illustrated by Muḥammad Ê¿AlÄ« MashhadÄ« in 1068 AH / 1657 CE. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=30391
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