PERIOD OF SHAH 'ALAM, MUGHAL INDIA, AH 1 DHU'L QA'DA, 7TH REGNAL YEAR/12 DECEMBER 1776 AD

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FIRMAN
PERIOD OF SHAH 'ALAM, MUGHAL INDIA, AH 1 DHU'L QA'DA, 7th REGNAL YEAR/12 DECEMBER 1776 AD
Persian manuscript on cream paper, 9ll. of black nasta'liq with large seal impression of Shah 'Alam above dated 1173 next to gold tughra, a further gold inscription above, mounted, framed and glazed
Document 44 x 18¾in. (111.8 x 47.2cm.)

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This firman concerns the allocation of 10500 dam, a small amount of money from one Islam Negar. The tughra reads firman-e abu'l muzaffar jalal al-din muhammad shah 'alam padshah-e ghazi (The edict of Abu'l Muzaffar Jalal al-Din Muhammad Shah 'Alam, the triumphant King). The reign of Shah 'Alam II began in the year 1173/1759 and he ruled until 1221/1806 with one brief interruption.
The seal impression is dated in his first regnal year, 1173/1759-60.

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