Mukhtar throws his wife Maimuna into the pit, but she saves herself, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fifth Night (Q60466943)

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artist: no value
collection: Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
location: Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
location of final assembly: Mughal Empire (Q33296)
part of: Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot) (Q60466177)
instance of: painting (Q3305213)

catalog URL: https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.279.174.b

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description: Maimuna clings to a branch in a dark pit while her villainous husband watches from above. He threw her into the pit in an attempt to steal her possessions. However, because Maimuna was guiltless, luck and fate saved her from an untimely death.

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