"Fairies Descend to the Chamber of Prince Manohar", Folio from a Gulshan-i 'Ishq (Rose Garden of Love) ca. 1700 The Gulshan-i 'Ishq tells the complicated tale of several pairs of lovers. Starting with King Bikram and his wife, who cannot conceive until Bikram completes a journey of self-discovery, it continues with the adventures of their son, Prince Manohar, who, with another prince, rescues two kidnapped princesses. Here, fairies, drawn by the moonlight reflecting from the white palace in which Prince Manohar sleeps, descend to his bedchamber. They decide to transport him with his bed to his
"Fairies Descend to the Chamber of Prince Manohar", Folio from a Gulshan-i 'Ishq (Rose Garden of Love) ca. 1700 The Gulshan-i 'Ishq tells the complicated tale of several pairs of lovers. Starting with King Bikram and his wife, who cannot conceive until Bikram completes a journey of self-discovery, it continues with the adventures of their son, Prince Manohar, who, with another prince, rescues two kidnapped princesses. Here, fairies, drawn by the moonlight reflecting from the white palace in which Prince Manohar sleeps, descend to his bedchamber. They decide to transport him with his bed to his beloved, Princess Madhumalati, for whom he "Fairies Descend to the Chamber of Prince Manohar", Folio from a Gulshan-i 'Ishq (Rose Garden of Love) 457728
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