India - Mughal Empire (1526-1857)
6x5.00 inch
Inscription in nastaliq arranged in five lines on a background of minute flowers and outlined in gold.
Bahādur-i Khass, Shams-ul 'Umarā, great 'Amīr, (with) rank and function of ta'luqdār (tax collector and, in the State of Hyderabad under the British administration, also civil magistrate) of the properties (of the family ) Paygāh. Mehr (epithet of respect and kindness) Sadr (judge in religious matters). The last word on the left is not clear interpretation.
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