Ferman

BIDAR INDIA, 1ST DHU'L HIJJA AH 957/11TH DECEMBER 1550 AD

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Ferman
Bidar India, 1st Dhu'l Hijja AH 957/11th December 1550 AD
Issued by Sultan Kalimullah ibn Mahmud Shah al-Bahmaniyah to all his sons, nobles and adminastrative heads regarding the grant of the town Raikur/Raikota? to the Sufi saint Sayyid Abdul Qadir known as Sayyid Mian and stating that he was exempt from all taxes including zakat, Persian manuscript on paper, 43ll. of naskh and diwani, occasional lines written in gold or red, gold margins between black rules, blue outer rule, blue and gold illuminated heading, dated 1st Dhu'l-Hijja 957, some worming, creasing, re-backed, and A HUKM NAMEH, Aurangabad, India, 14 Rajab AH 1175/8 February 1762 AD, an order re-insuring the implementation of an imperial ferman granting lands and gardens to a Hindu saint called Gosian Ranganandam and his children from the Pargana of Jalna in Aurangabad, Persian manuscript on buff silver-sprinkled paper with flowers drawn in gold, 11ll. of black shikasteh, creased, minor damages to edges and upper portion
25 x 18¾in. (63.5 x 47.5cm.) (2)

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At the top of the ferman is an impression of the seal of Sultan Kalimullah which has the Qur'anic verse 38:35 inscribed around the main text. Sultan Kalimullah (1526-[?in exile]) was the last of the rulers of the Bahmanid dynasty . This is so far the latest dated document issued by him, thus extending the known length of time he pretended to the throne. At the bottom is the impression of the seal of a nobleman Mir Muhammad with the title of Amir al-Mulk. In the margin are late nineteenth century endorsements from a court of justice accepting the document as genuine.

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