A LARGE ENGRAVED BRASS OFFICIAL SEAL BEARING THE NAME OF THE PASHTUN PRINCESS BIBI DURRANI
Possibly Kandahar, Northern India, dated 1080 AH (1669 - 1670 AD)

The flat seal plaque of circular shape, with 3ll. of nasta'liq script bearing the name of the Pashtun Princess (Shahzadi) Bibi Rab'ar Durrani and the date 1080 AH encased within a vegetal festoon with rosettes, surmounted by a tall, tapering, conical grip with drop-shaped finial, incised with three overlapping bands of vegetal motifs and geometric fretwork, the plaque 9cm diam., 18.8cm high including the grip.