Illustration from the manuscript of the Romance of Varqa and Gulshah, c1250.
FIG. 9.-19, 19b: Gulshāh fuyant du palais de Rabī‘; un lapin au milieu des pieds du cheval; à droite la porte et les murs d'un palais; fond sans couleur.FIG. 9.-19, 19b: Gulshāh fleeing the palace of Rabī‘; a rabbit among the feet of the horse; to the right the door and the walls of a palace; background without colour.
Gulshah, who has been captured by Rabi, flees from his palace on horseback, disguised as a man.
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