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Burning and melting, Prince DÄniyÄl accompanies the young Hindu girl to the funeral pyre, Walters Manuscript W.649, fol. 17b
Emperor Akbar eventually permits the young Hindu girl to practice sati (self-immolation). Akbar's son, Prince DÄniyÄl, accompanies the woman to the funeral pyre. 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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