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A calligraphic head made by Bahadur Shah Zafar of the Panjetan

A calligraphic head made by Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal emperor, carrying in mirror image the sacred names of Prophet Muhammad, ‘Ali, Fatima, Hasan and Husayn (alayhimus salam), expressing his deep veneration of the Holy five.

[Lahore, National Museum. cit. Annemarie Schimmel, Islam in India and Pakistan, Leiden, Brill,1982, p.17, fig.16]

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