Editing Aurangzeb (section)

====Calligraphy====
[[File:Aurangzeb Handwritten Quran.jpg|thumb|A manuscript of the ''[[Quran]]'', parts of which are believed to have been written in Aurangzeb's own hand.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=202553 |title = Emirates owner to sell Quran inscribed by Aurangzeb |date = 15 November 2018 |access-date = 7 April 2011 |archive-date = 24 July 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110724232445/http://abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=202553 }}</ref>]]

The Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb is known to have patronised works of [[Islamic calligraphy]];<ref>{{cite book |author=Taher, M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qRLXDBX5KzkC |title=Librarianship and Library Science in India: An Outline of Historical Perspectives |date=1994 |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |isbn=978-81-7022-524-9 |page=54 |access-date=3 October 2014}}</ref> the demand for Quran manuscripts in the ''[[Naskh (script)|naskh]]'' style peaked during his reign. Having been instructed by [[Syed Ali Tabrizi]], Aurangzeb was himself a talented calligrapher in ''naskh'', evidenced by Quran manuscripts that he created.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Blair|first=Sheila|title=Islamic calligraphy|date=2006|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|isbn=978-0-7486-1212-3|location=Edinburgh|page=550|oclc=56651142}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Schimmel|first=Annemarie|title=Calligraphy and Islamic culture|date=1990|publisher=Tauris|isbn=1-85043-186-8|location=London|oclc=20420019}}</ref>