A FIRMAN OF THE EMPEROR AKBAR (R.1556-1605)

Lot 139
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Lot 139 | A FIRMAN OF THE EMPEROR AKBAR (R.1556-1605)
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£ 15 000 – 25 000
A FIRMAN OF THE EMPEROR AKBAR (R.1556-1605)
MUGHAL INDIA, DATED THE BEGINNING OF RABI' I AH [9]67/MID-DECEMBER 1559 AD
Persian manuscript on paper, with 8ll. of black ta'liq, the emperor's name and titles at the top, dated along bottom edge, with rounded black seal impression, the reverse with various endorsement notes and seal impressions
22 ¾ x 11 3/8in. (57.8 x 28.8cm.)




Provenance

Presented by the Mughal Emperor Akbar I (1556-1605) to Mulla Hafiz and thence by descent



Literature

Mufti Rada Ansari, A very early Farman of Akbar, Centre of Advanced Study, Alighar Muslim University, 1970
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