Citizen of Two Worlds
Aurangzeb learned the Quran and the hadith very early CHILDHOOD. He mastered Arabic and Persian languages and learnt CALIGRAPHY
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY CALIGRAPHY FROM INDIA - CALIGRAPHY AND MANISCRIPTS OF QURAN WERE POPULAR ART FORM AMONG MUSLIMS. IT WAS THE TIME WHEN MUGHAL KING AURENGZEB RULES INDIAN SUB- CONTINENT. Aurangzeb's childhood teachers included Muhammad Saleh Kamboh. Aurangzeb had a keen mind and learned quickly from his reading. He learned the Quran and the hadith very early and could readily quote from them. He mastered Arabic and Persian languages and learned Chagatai Turkic during his tenure at Kandahar Province. Aurangzeb was a prolific writer of letters and commentaries on petitions. He wrote Arabic with a vigorous calligraphy. Two richly bound and illuminated manuscripts written by him are located in Mecca and Medina, with another copy preserved in Nizamuddin Auliya Dargah.
Aurangzeb learned the Quran and the hadith very early CHILDHOOD. He mastered Arabic and Persian languages and learnt CALIGRAPHY
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY CALIGRAPHY FROM INDIA - CALIGRAPHY AND MANISCRIPTS OF QURAN WERE POPULAR ART FORM AMONG MUSLIMS. IT WAS THE TIME WHEN MUGHAL KING AURENGZEB RULES INDIAN SUB- CONTINENT. Aurangzeb's childhood teachers included Muhammad Saleh Kamboh. Aurangzeb had a keen mind and learned quickly from his reading. He learned the Quran and the hadith very early and could readily quote from them. He mastered Arabic and Persian languages and learned Chagatai Turkic during his tenure at Kandahar Province. Aurangzeb was a prolific writer of letters and commentaries on petitions. He wrote Arabic with a vigorous calligraphy. Two richly bound and illuminated manuscripts written by him are located in Mecca and Medina, with another copy preserved in Nizamuddin Auliya Dargah.