Illuminated by Muḥammad ʿAlī Mashhadī, 1657 one of the most prolific artists of seventeenth-century Iran
The poem was written by Muhammad Riza Nau'i (d. 1019 AH / 1610 CE) at the request of Prince Daniyal, son of the great Akbar, not ie long after the death of the latter, around 1506. Sūz va gudāz recounts the love story of a Hindu girl who burns herself on the funeral pyre of her betrothed.
"For those who are of the fellowship of Love, it is very easy indeed to go alive into the Fire because of love.' Muhammad Rizā Nau'i of Khabūshān
You can read the translation to this poem by Dawud and Coomaraswamy and view all 63 images on the Library of Congress website.
