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Aurangzeb's Calligraphy: The Emperor as Scribe
In an age of war and conquest, the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb spent hours each day copying the Quran by hand. This episode explores the role of calligraphy in Aurangzeb's life: his personal copies of the Quran, now scattered in museums; the imperial ateliers that produced illuminated manuscripts of the Fatawa-e-Alamgiri; and the question of whether this piety was genuine devotion or political theater. Lucas and Luna discuss the emperor's known calligraphic works, including a Quran written in microscopic script, and the tension between his image as a warrior-king and his identity as a…
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