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Collections of travels through Turky, into Persia, and the East-Indies ... As also a full relation of the five years wars, between Aureng-Zebe and his brothers ... And a voyage made by the Great Mogul (Aureng-Zebe) with his army from Dehli to Lahor, from Lahor to Bember, and from thence to the kingdom of Kachemire, by the Mogols, call'd The paradise of the Indies

Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste, 1605-1689 · 1684 · London : M. Pitt · 2 pictures

A 1684 London travel compilation published by M. Pitt, recording Jean-Baptiste Tavernier's journeys through Turkey, Persia and the East Indies together with an account of Aurangzeb's wars and the Mughal court. The first picture is a large display capital T with a fine serif letterform, and the second is an ornamental historiated initial K showing a seated, turbaned figure with a bird and scrolling foliage, which a designer could borrow for decorative capitals and early modern border framing.

Aurangzeb, Emperor of Hindustan, 1618-1707

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