Raja Bikram Collecting the Clothes of the Bathing Fairies, c. 1710, Mulla Nusrati, 15 1/4 x 8 7/8 in. ( x cm) (sheet), Opaque watercolors and gold on paper, India, 18th century, The Gulshan-i-Ishq is a romance written in Deccani Urdu by the Bijapur court poet Mian Nusrati for Sultan Ali Adil Shah II in 1657. The work, incorporating words in Persian, Arabic, and Marathi, recounts the love story of a Hindu prince, Manohara, and embodies themes typical of the Indian romantic tradition. The remarkable diversity of language and culture apparent in the book

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