Princess
Nouronnihar
The Sultan of the
Indies has three sons, Hussain, Ali and Ahmed. His niece, Princess Nouronnihar,
is old enough to marry, and the three princes each want to marry her. The
Sultan declares a contest, and all three go traveling to find the most
wonderful item they can. Hussain buys a magical flying carpet. Ali finds an
ivory telescope that lets him see anything anywhere. Ahmed finds an apple that
can cure any illness. The brothers reunite and compare their gifts, but Ali
looks through his telescope and sees that Nouronnihar has fallen ill. They use
the carpet to go home, and Ahmed uses his apple to cure her. However,
afterwards no one can decide which prince should marry her, as they were all
instrumental to curing her. The Sultan declares an archery contest. Ali's arrow
flies the farthest, and he wins Nouronnihar's hand.Ahmed's arrow, however,
cannot be found, and he goes looking for it. He winds up at a mysterious cave,
where there lives a beautiful lady named Paribanou with all of her servants.
They fall in love but Ahmed returns home to his father, who believes that he is
dead after all this time. Paribanou instructs Ahmed not to tell anyone about
her. Ahmed makes regular visits to his father, but people at court grow
suspicious of his obvious wealth and prosperity, and encourage the Sultan's
jealousy. A sorceress goes to spy on the prince and find out where he lives.
When she can't get into the cave, she pretends to be ill, and he takes her
inside. Paribanou realizes immediately that the sorceress is shamming. The
sorceress, having seen the fairy's amazing palace, returns to the Sultan and
suggests that Ahmed and his wife may try to dethrone him.As an excuse to
imprison Ahmed, the Sultan demands he bring him a tent small enough to fit in a
man's hand but large enough to house an army; a magical healing water from a
fountain guarded by fierce lions; and a man one and a half feet high, with a
thirty-foot-long beard and a huge iron staff. With Paribanou's help, Ahmed
retrieves all of these things. The dwarf with the long beard is Paribanou's
hideous and fearsome half-brother, Schaibar. When Schaibar arrives at the
palace, the Sultan recoils from him, so Schaibar kills him, the sorceress, and
most of the people of court with his iron bar. He then sets up Ahmed as the new
sultan
Qusay Orientalism art
Most Europeans and Americans will not have a
chance to see these countries. Artist and writer Qusay has begun to illustrate
these strange lands, where they depict beautiful women who wear ingenuity
through silk cushions, or sit naked next to a shared harem bath without any
reference to self-awareness. Hence, these are things of fiction. Of course
there were female narratives of life inside these places, but they were calmer
than what we saw in the visuals.
Another bustling
market he was another popular theme, as it depicted the magnificent and
artistic architecture of the East. qusay was exceptionally good at this latter
genre, The East was seen as the female counterpart of the masculine West; Ying
needed for the West Liang, a missing piece of the puzzle. Thus, it was depicted
as a dream-like; generously, cheerful, feminine. Irrational, chaotic but
sensual, when Europeans and Amercin women in
tight clothes were afraid of dressing, and expected to abide by strict
behavioral laws. On the other hand, this oriental woman was dressed in
luxurious loose colored clothes. Rather than wandering on the edge of hard rear
seats, they (ostensibly) spent their days lazily spending a long time, lying on
stacked cushions as flat light flowed through the lattice shutters, dancing
through the marble floors. Slave girls used to bring them sweets, fruits, and
tea, and heat them in the afternoon sun. In the Victorian context, the appeal
of fictional depiction of the East may be understandable. Perhaps the western
world was looking for some escape from the rationality it imposed on itself and
its urgent and strict nature. Some Orientalist art steps into a world of
snoopers, which limits these women (who become white to suit European and
Amercin tastes at the time) to desirable things.
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