Farhad Kills Himself After Hearing the False News of Shirins Death, c. 1810. Attributed to Amar Das Bhatti (Indian, active 1800s), background by Dana Bhatti (Indian, active 1800s). Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: 29.8 x 19.6 cm (11 3/4 x 7 11/16 in.); miniature: 28.6 x 17.8 cm (11 1/4 x 7 in.). A mans lifeless body is being observed by a group of women. A kneeling woman with a halo and wearing fine garments is Shirin, the beloved of the dead man, Farhad. Farhad cut a canal of milk through a mountain pass as a proof of his love, but on hearing the false news of her demise, he jumped off the mountain and killed himself.

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Farhad Kills Himself After Hearing the False News of Shirins Death, c. 1810. Attributed to Amar Das Bhatti (Indian, active 1800s), background by Dana Bhatti (Indian, active 1800s). Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: 29.8 x 19.6 cm (11 3/4 x 7 11/16 in.); miniature: 28.6 x 17.8 cm (11 1/4 x 7 in.). A mans lifeless body is being observed by a group of women. A kneeling woman with a halo and wearing fine garments is Shirin, the beloved of the dead man, Farhad. Farhad cut a canal of milk through a mountain pass as a proof of his love, but on hearing the false news of her demise, he jumped off the mountain and killed himself.

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