Farman

Title	Farman
Accession Number	92.29
Museum Name	National Museum, New Delhi
Gallery Name	Manuscript
Object Type	Manuscript
Main Material	Paper
Component Material II	Ink
Manufacturing Technique	Handmade
Author	Nuruddin Muhammad Jahangir
Origin Place	India
Period / Year of Work	1014 AH
Subject	Grant
Language	Persian
Script	Nastaliq
Number of folios	1
Dimensions	79 x 37 cm
Brief Description	This royal order written in Persian in the Nastaliq script issues a grant of 14 bigahs of agricultural tax-free land to the successors of Haji Sayyid Mahmud. Dated 29 Zil-Hajja 1014AH/1606 AD, the farman is authenticated and decorated with the seal of the Emperor Jahangir which bears the name of the former Emperors.