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Aurangzeb's Quran: The Emperor Who Copied Scripture
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore a lesser-known side of Aurangzeb: his personal devotion to transcribing the Quran. While previous episodes covered his wars, taxes, and building projects, here we focus on his calligraphic practice and the manuscripts he copied by hand. We look at his training under calligraphers, his habit of making two copies a year, and how these texts were distributed as gifts to holy cities and officials. We also discuss what his calligraphy reveals about his piety, his public persona, and the tension between his image as a strict ruler and his private acts of…
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