. English: An illustration of the w:The Tortoise and the Geese story. Opaque watercolour (and gold and silver) on paper. Illustration from the Humayunnama, a 16th-century Ottoman Turkish translation by Ali Chelebi of the Arabic Kalilatun u Damnatun (Kalila va Dimna), which is also known as 'Fables of Bidpai' (or Pilpay), as Anvar-i Suhaili in Persian, and ultimately is derived from the Panchatantra in Sanskrit (India). Late 16th century. Ottoman painter 249 Humayunnama-1

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Keywords: ., /, /., 16th, century., late, ottoman, painter.