Burning And Melting, Prince Dāniyāl Accompanies The Young Hindu Girl To The Funeral Pyre, Walters Manuscript W.649, Fol. 17b
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Burning And Melting, Prince Dāniyāl 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 Dāniyāl, Accompanies The Woman To The Funeral Pyre. An Elegantly Calligraphed, Illuminated And Illustrated Copy Of The Poem Sūz Va Gudāz ('Burning And Melting') By Nawʿī Khabūshānī (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 Murād Al-Ḥusaynī And Illustrated By Muḥammad ʿAlī Mashhadī In 1068 AH / 1657 CE. See This Manuscript Page By Page At The Walters Art Museum Website: Art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=30391 Photo

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