A calligraphic head made by Bahadur Shah Zafar of the Panjetan – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com A blog exploring India's Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb or its rich multi plural multi cultural heritage via its adab, tehzeeb & tareekh Thu, 27 Sep 2018 18:53:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://ranasafvi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image-7-75x75.jpg A calligraphic head made by Bahadur Shah Zafar of the Panjetan – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com 32 32 179612229 A calligraphic head made by Bahadur Shah Zafar of the Panjetan https://ranasafvi.com/a-calligraphic-head-made-by-bahadur-shah-zafar-of-the-panjetan/ Thu, 27 Sep 2018 18:51:57 +0000 https://ranasafvi.com/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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