Fatawa-i-Alamgiri
Title Fatawa-i-Alamgiri
Accession Number 67.94
Museum Name National Museum, New Delhi
Gallery Name Manuscript
Object Type Manuscript
Main Material Paper
Component Material II Ink
Manufacturing Technique Handmade
Subject Fatawa-i-Alamgiri
Language Arabic
Script Naskh
Number of folios 433
Dimensions 27 x 17.6 cm
Brief Description

Fatawa-i-Alamgiri is an authentic book on Islamic jurisprudence. It is work of many Islamic scholars. It was compiled during the reign time of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb at his instance.

Scholars were called across the Islamic world and thus this book was compiled under the leadership of Sheikh Nizam Burhanpuri.