Recently digitised: Eighteenth-century manuscript in Arabic described as ‘an enumeration
Recently digitised: Eighteenth-century manuscript in Arabic described as ‘an enumeration of the acts of piety of the Sultan Aurangzib [sic], and his observance of the tenets of the Muslim faith’.http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE36506114&dps_custom_att_1=emu& Aurangzeb (1618-1707) was the sixth Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1658 until his death at the age of 89.The manuscript, comprised of 36 leaves with fine calligraphy framed within gilt borders, was donated to the Library by K. A. Webster in July 1962. Dhikr Managib al-Sultan Muhammed Aurank Zib, [1722], (188 x 110 mm), Alexander Turnbull Library, MSR-29. -- source link
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