Tuesday, 21 December 2021

The royal seal of Ahmad Shah Durrani

On the seal-ring of Ahmad Shah Durrani was engraved the phrase: 

"الحکم لله، یا هو، یا فتاح، احمد شاه در درّانی" 

(“Judgment is God’s, O Conqueror—Ahmad Shah, Durr-i Durrani”) 

He had the great seal made in the shape of a peacock’s fan, round and elongated like a flask, and it was used on all decrees (farmans) and orders (hukams).

Reference: Siraj al-Tawarikh

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