A LARGE ENGRAVED SEAL OF CHIEF CONSORT OF EMPEROR AURANGZEB ...

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£8,000 - £10,000

A LARGE ENGRAVED SEAL OF CHIEF CONSORT OF EMPEROR AURANGZEB
GUJARAT, DECCAN, INDIA
1080AH/1669AD Of pyramidal form with tapering edges and flat circular base, the flat seal with 3ll. of nasta’liq script, surrounded by a band of foliage, the exterior with an array of stylised scrolling vine leaves, surmounted with a spiky finial.
Seal bearing the name of the Shahzadi Bibi Rabia Durrani, zawjatu Aurangzeb (wife of AURANGZEB), AH1080

Dimensions
Weight 376 grams
Height 18cm
Diameter 9.2cm
Rabia Durrani (Dilras Banu Begum) was first wife of Emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir (1618-1707) and she was a Safavid Princess (daughter of Shah Nawaz Khan Safavi). Her resting place is Bibi Ka Maqbara at Aurangabad (today’ Manarashtra) which bears a striking resemblance to the Taj Mahal also called Taj Mahal of Deccan). Dr. Raziya Parwin