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# Epistolography and official letters (inshāʾ) (Inshāʾ)

Collections of official, diplomatic and administrative letters, farmāns and epistolary models (inshāʾ, mukātabāt, ruqaʿāt).

- **Contents:** 5 works, 2 readable
- **Words:** 212,426

## Main works

- [Riyāḍ al-inshāʾ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.insha.riyad-al-insha) — 1466–1481 CE; partly digitised
- [Inshāʾ-yi Māhrū](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.insha.insha-yi-mahru) — 1350–1370 CE; partly digitised

## Contents (5)

- [Inshāʾ-yi Māhrū](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.insha.insha-yi-mahru) — 1350–1370 CE; ʿAyn al-Mulk Māhrū; partly digitised
- [Riyāḍ al-inshāʾ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.insha.riyad-al-insha) — 1466–1481 CE; Maḥmūd Gāwān; partly digitised
- [Mukātabāt-i ʿAllāmī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.insha.mukatabat-i-allami) — Persian; 1580–1606 CE; Abū'l-Faḍl ʿAllāmī; catalogued, text not yet digitised
- [Calendar of Persian Correspondence](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.insha.persian-correspondence) — English; 1759–1795 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised
- [Ruqaʿāt-i ʿĀlamgīrī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.insha.ruqaat-i-alamgiri) — Persian; 1650–1707 CE; Aurangzēb; catalogued, text not yet digitised

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