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The mughal empire also known as mogul timurid or hindustan empire is considered one of the classic periods of india s long and amazing history. This quran appears to be a composite manuscript.

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The mughal emperors were muslims and they are credited with consolidating islam in south asia and spreading muslim arts and culture as well as the faith. Mughal dynasty mughal also spelled mogul arabic mongol muslim dynasty of turkic mongol origin that ruled most of northern india from the early 16th to the mid 18th century. Mughal era quran early 18th century. Mughal india was the world leader in manufacturing producing about 25 of the world s industrial output up until the 18th century.

Different concepts and ideas were being created throughout the late 400s to late 1400s in a 1000 year span. Mughal era quran manuscript with fine calligraphy india 18th century. Given the differences in illumination and script it is possible that this quran was originally in two volumes. In 1526 zahir ud din muhammad babur a man with mongol heritage from central asia established a foothold in the indian subcontinent which was to last for more than three centuries.

Indian calligraphy took off starting around 500 ad when indian traders colonists military adventurers buddhist monks and missionaries brought the indic script to central asia from south east asia. Mughal painting is a particular style of south asian particularly indian painting confined to miniatures either as book illustrations or as single works to be kept in albums. Mughal painting immediately took a much greate. Mughal period was the golden period for the development of painting in india.

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