[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [State papers](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin) › [Ruqaʿāt-i ʿĀlamgīrī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ruqaat-i-alamgiri) › [Ruka'at-i 'Alamgiri, of the Emperor Aurangzeb (Elliot & Dowson, extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ruqaat-i-alamgiri~en-elliot) › 1.1 # Ruqaʿat-i ʿAlamgiri 1.1 Ruka'át-i 'Álamgírí, of the Emperor Aurangzeb (Elliot & Dowson, extracts) 1.1 - **Language:** English ### [1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ruqaat-i-alamgiri~en-elliot.1.1) These letters exhibit the private life and sentiments of this Prince, so they should be allowed a place in his history. The following account is given of them by Elphinstone in his History (p. 673). "There are three collections of his letters. First, the Kalimdt-i Taiyibdt, published by one of his chief secretaries, 'Inayatu-llah; second, the Raka'im-i Kardim by the son of another secretary; and third, the Dasturu-l 'Aml A'gahi collected from all quarters thirty-eight years after his death. The first two collections profess to be merely the rough drafts or notes which he wrote with his own hand for his secretaries. Most of the third collection have the same appearance. They are without dates or order, and are often obscure, from their brevity, and our ignorance of the subjects alluded to." One set was indifferently translated many years ago by Mr. Eales in Calcutta, and a few Extracts have been published in the Asiatic Annual Register, vol. iii. Instead of three sets of these letters, there appears to be more than four. The first of them has the following passage in the Preface: - [Next: 1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ruqaat-i-alamgiri~en-elliot.1.2) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ruqaat-i-alamgiri~en-elliot.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ruqaat-i-alamgiri~en-elliot.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ruqaat-i-alamgiri~en-elliot.1.1) · Pramāṇa