Years ago I found a manga. It was an adaptation of the 1001 Arabian nights. There's a scene where a man is looking for his beloved who had been sent to the sultan, but she had displeased him and he had her decapitated. The man finds her body in a funeral procession and in agony, he pulls out her head and holds it to his chest, mourning his lost love. I haven't seen the manga since, but it's a scene I keep in my mind filed away. She was dressed beautifully too. I wonder if I could find it again...