This illustration from Walters manuscript W.624 depicts the 20th maqala (discourse), which emphasizes female virtue. The king relentlessly pursues the female protagonist, claiming that he cannot resist her beautiful eyes. To escape his amorous advances, the woman plucks out her eyes and sends them to him. She thus chooses virtue over all else, even her ability to see.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Amir_Khusrau" class="extiw" title="w:en:Amir Khusrau"><span title="Indian poet, writer, singer and scholar (1253–1325)">Amir Khosrow</span></a>
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between 1597 and 1598 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1597-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1597-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1598-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Mughal_Empire" class="extiw" title="w:en:Mughal Empire"><span title="muslim feudal state in India, 1526–1857">Mughal Empire</span></a><div style="display: none;">era QS:P2348,Q33296</div>)
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