Lot Essay
Sikandar Jah Asaf Jah III ruled over the Hyderabad State in Deccan from 1803 until his death in 1829. The firman gives the names of various officials of the State.
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DECCAN, CENTRAL INDIA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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A LARGE GILDED FIRMAN IN THE NAME OF THE NIZAM OF HYDERABAD SHAHANSHAH SIKANDAR JAH
DECCAN, CENTRAL INDIA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Urdu manuscript on paper, with 25ll. of black nasta'liq script, each line in cloud band on heavily gilt ground, one sentence in Arabic written in gold naskh script, the text within thick gold frame, the borders with two inscriptions in nasta'liq cript, on heavily gilt ground, mounted, framed and glazed
30 x 18 ¾in. (76 x 47.5cm.)
DECCAN, CENTRAL INDIA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Urdu manuscript on paper, with 25ll. of black nasta'liq script, each line in cloud band on heavily gilt ground, one sentence in Arabic written in gold naskh script, the text within thick gold frame, the borders with two inscriptions in nasta'liq cript, on heavily gilt ground, mounted, framed and glazed
30 x 18 ¾in. (76 x 47.5cm.)