A woman has given birth to a two headed child, Folio from a manuscript of Nigaristan

Author: Ahmad

1573-74 CE/980 AH/AH 980

Ink, opaque watercolour, and gold on paper

Aga Khan Museum

A woman lies in bed, attended by several figures, with a swaddled infant on a patterned rug. Another scene depicts figures in an interior with windows. A woman lies in bed, attended by several figures, with a swaddled infant on a patterned rug. Another scene depicts figures in an interior with windows. Further Reading The illustration depicts an exterior and an interior of a room as two different compartments, which are divided into two vertical fields. On the left, between two text boxes, is the main scene: a woman lies on a blue patterned mattress surrounded by a group of other women. Next to the reclining woman lies a small baby in diapers, with two heads peeking out of it. The section on the right of this illustration shows a tile and brick façade. It is possibly the fa&