Tâj al-Mulûk and Princess Dunyâ (Thousand and One Nights, Manchester ms, p347)
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King Sulaymân Shah, receives in his palace his son Tâj al-Mulûk, the latter's companion, 'Azîz, and his vizier. Tâj al-Mulûk explains to his father that he has fallen madly in love with Princess Dunyâ, King Shâhramân's daughter. The king decides to send an embassy to ask Shâhramân for Dunyâ's hand.
To the left, dressed in a golden headdress, seated on a curule seat, flanked by a guard, stands King Sulaymân Shah. In the center, a figure of indeterminate gender: this is 'Azîz, who in a previous adventure was emasculated. Behind him stands the vizier, wearing a feather in his turban. This is the 2nd person to whom the king addresses himself, entrusting him with the whole affair. Erased to the far right, it's Tâj al-Mulûk, mentioned in 3rd, who is retiring to his apartments.
2. P. 347. Pléiade I, 599, 130th night.
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