{"id":12015,"date":"2022-03-24T21:17:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T21:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?p=12015"},"modified":"2022-03-24T21:20:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T21:20:04","slug":"any-mughal-manuscripts-through-seals-and-notations-reveal-history-architects-like-lutufullah-were-librarians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?p=12015","title":{"rendered":"MANY MUGHAL MANUSCRIPTS THROUGH SEALS AND NOTATIONS; REVEAL HISTORY. ARCHITECTS LIKE LUTUFULLAH WERE LIBRARIANS."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>MANY MUGHAL MANUSCRIPTS THROUGH SEALS AND NOTATIONS;<br>REVEAL HISTORY. ARCHITECTS LIKE LUTUFULLAH WERE LIBRARIANS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The calligrapher of the Taj Mahal Amanat Khan Shirazi after his work on monuments, ended up as the Royal Librarian for the Mughals. His seal is on various manuscripts. Similarly the architect engineer Lutufullah Muhandis ended up as Librarian Incharge of the Manuscripts of Prince Dara Shikoh. Although his notations and seals are here and there, but mostly the same are related to the year 1069 A H. And the most important notation in one of the Royal Manuscripts of Prince Dara Shikoh is dated 21<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0Ramazan, 1069 A.H, which is a very important date in\u00a0 Mughal history. It corresponds to 12th June, 1658 A.D. What was happening at that time?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Manuscript-998-AH-earliest-taweel.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"761\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Manuscript-998-AH-earliest-taweel-761x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"12020\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Manuscript-998-AH-earliest-taweel.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?attachment_id=12020\" class=\"wp-image-12020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Manuscript-998-AH-earliest-taweel-761x1024.jpg 761w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Manuscript-998-AH-earliest-taweel-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Manuscript-998-AH-earliest-taweel-768x1033.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Manuscript-998-AH-earliest-taweel.jpg 1115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Manuscript 998 AH earliest taweel<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/11th-Rabi-Awal-1069-AH-Lutufullah-endorsement.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"568\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/11th-Rabi-Awal-1069-AH-Lutufullah-endorsement-1024x568.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"12017\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/11th-Rabi-Awal-1069-AH-Lutufullah-endorsement.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?attachment_id=12017\" class=\"wp-image-12017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/11th-Rabi-Awal-1069-AH-Lutufullah-endorsement-1024x568.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/11th-Rabi-Awal-1069-AH-Lutufullah-endorsement-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/11th-Rabi-Awal-1069-AH-Lutufullah-endorsement-768x426.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/11th-Rabi-Awal-1069-AH-Lutufullah-endorsement-672x372.jpg 672w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/11th-Rabi-Awal-1069-AH-Lutufullah-endorsement-1038x576.jpg 1038w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/11th-Rabi-Awal-1069-AH-Lutufullah-endorsement.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">11th Rabi Awal 1069 AH Lutufullah endorsement<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Taweel-Ms-Lutufullah-one.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"628\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Taweel-Ms-Lutufullah-one-628x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"12016\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Taweel-Ms-Lutufullah-one.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?attachment_id=12016\" class=\"wp-image-12016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Taweel-Ms-Lutufullah-one-628x1024.jpg 628w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Taweel-Ms-Lutufullah-one-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Taweel-Ms-Lutufullah-one-768x1252.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Taweel-Ms-Lutufullah-one.jpg 920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Taweel Ms Lutufullah one<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Taweel-Ms-Lutufullah-two.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"713\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Taweel-Ms-Lutufullah-two-713x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"12026\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Taweel-Ms-Lutufullah-two.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?attachment_id=12026\" class=\"wp-image-12026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Taweel-Ms-Lutufullah-two-713x1024.jpg 713w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Taweel-Ms-Lutufullah-two-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Taweel-Ms-Lutufullah-two-768x1103.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Taweel-Ms-Lutufullah-two.jpg 1044w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Taweel Ms Lutufullah two<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Taweel-Lutufullah-three.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"667\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Taweel-Lutufullah-three-667x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"12025\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Taweel-Lutufullah-three.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?attachment_id=12025\" class=\"wp-image-12025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Taweel-Lutufullah-three-667x1024.jpg 667w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Taweel-Lutufullah-three-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Taweel-Lutufullah-three-768x1179.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Taweel-Lutufullah-three.jpg 977w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Taweel Lutufullah three<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Taweel-Lutufullah-last-phase.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"778\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Taweel-Lutufullah-last-phase.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"12024\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Taweel-Lutufullah-last-phase.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?attachment_id=12024\" class=\"wp-image-12024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Taweel-Lutufullah-last-phase.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Taweel-Lutufullah-last-phase-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Taweel-Lutufullah-last-phase-768x747.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Taweel Lutufullah last phase<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Changed-custody-Azizullah-1069-AH.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"769\" height=\"918\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Changed-custody-Azizullah-1069-AH.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"12018\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Changed-custody-Azizullah-1069-AH.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?attachment_id=12018\" class=\"wp-image-12018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Changed-custody-Azizullah-1069-AH.jpg 769w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Changed-custody-Azizullah-1069-AH-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Changed custody Azizullah 1069 AH<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seal-Lutufullah-1069-changing.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"192\" height=\"165\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seal-Lutufullah-1069-changing.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"12022\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seal-Lutufullah-1069-changing.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?attachment_id=12022\" class=\"wp-image-12022\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Seal Lutufullah 1069 changing<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seal-Lutufullah.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"991\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seal-Lutufullah-1024x991.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"12023\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seal-Lutufullah.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?attachment_id=12023\" class=\"wp-image-12023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seal-Lutufullah-1024x991.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seal-Lutufullah-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seal-Lutufullah-768x743.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seal-Lutufullah.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Seal Lutufullah<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Prince-Dara-Shikoh.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Prince-Dara-Shikoh.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"12021\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Prince-Dara-Shikoh.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?attachment_id=12021\" class=\"wp-image-12021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Prince-Dara-Shikoh.jpg 400w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Prince-Dara-Shikoh-267x300.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Prince Dara Shikoh<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dara-Shikoh-Library-Signature.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"575\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dara-Shikoh-Library-Signature-575x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"12019\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dara-Shikoh-Library-Signature.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?attachment_id=12019\" class=\"wp-image-12019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dara-Shikoh-Library-Signature-575x1024.jpg 575w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dara-Shikoh-Library-Signature-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dara-Shikoh-Library-Signature-768x1367.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dara-Shikoh-Library-Signature.jpg 843w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Dara Shikoh Library Signature<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The official chronicle of &#8220;Maaseray Alamgeeri&#8221; records that the fight of Dara Shikoh and Aurangzeb was in full swing. Dara Shikoh entered his palace in Agra , with his son and a few servants on 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0June, 1658 A.D, that is 10th Ramazan, 1069 A.H. Then he took a flight to Delhi. Aurangzeb on Friday, the 11th June 1658 A.D, that is 20th Ramazan 1069 A.H, entered the city sand took possession of Dara Shikoh&#8217;s palace, which means library too. Learning that Dara Shikoh had left for Delhi, Aurangzeb on 13th June, 22<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0Ramazan\u00a0 started for Delhi. The Lutufullah seal is dated 21<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0Ramazan 1069 A H that is 12th June, 1658. What does that mean? That means Lutufullah was loyal to Prince Dara Shikoh even at the last moment when his own life would be in danger of being executed. What happened later is later? Eventually Lutufullah was forgiven by Aurangzeb and served Aurangeb as well as his sister Roshan Ara Begum as records of remain of same. After 21<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0Ramazan, 1069 or 12th June, 1658 A D, he was replaced by Azizullah Shahjahani as taweeldar of the manuscript.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The same manuscript carries a notation from Dara Shikoh himself as the same being put in his library. That is amazing history! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANY MUGHAL MANUSCRIPTS THROUGH SEALS AND NOTATIONS;REVEAL HISTORY. ARCHITECTS LIKE LUTUFULLAH WERE LIBRARIANS. The calligrapher of the Taj Mahal Amanat Khan Shirazi after his work on monuments, ended up as the Royal Librarian for the Mughals. His seal is on various manuscripts. Similarly the architect engineer Lutufullah Muhandis ended up as Librarian Incharge of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?p=12015\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MANY MUGHAL MANUSCRIPTS THROUGH SEALS AND NOTATIONS; REVEAL HISTORY. 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