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Title
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Twenty-second night: The court jester meets a Zangi dancing with joy, and learns from him that the cause of his happiness is his assignation with a woman who is the jester’s own wife
Part of Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot) Edit this at Wikidata
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
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In the opening scene of the parrot’s bawdy story about a jester, who is shown wearing green on his way to perform at the court of the amir, he came upon an Ethiopian, known as Zangi, dancing by the side of the road. When he learned that the Zangi was overjoyed because he was planning to meet his beloved, the jester’s own wife, the jester was so distraught he was unable to perform, and the amir threw him in prison.

The tale draws upon stereotypes about Africans that were current in India and Iran during the 1300s or earlier, when the text was written; these include association with music, dance, and sex. In the painting of around 1560, the artist depicted the Zangi as described in the text as semi-wild with caricatured physical traits, uncovered head, and

little clothing.
Date 1555
date QS:P571,+1555-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
institution QS:P195,Q657415
Current location
Indian and South East Asian Art
Accession number
1962.279.155.a
Place of creation India, Mughal, Reign of Akbar, 16th century
Credit line Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
References https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.279.155.a Edit this at Wikidata
Source/Photographer https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.279.155.a
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