Ruqaʿat-i ʿAlamgiri 1.3

1.3

The name of the compiler is not mentioned. This Kalimát-i Taiyibát has been lithographed at Lucknow in 8vo., and contains 67 pages, 17 lines to a page. It is in extensive demand. The Rakáim-i Karáim is a somewhat smaller collection, and consists of 48 octavo pages of fifteen lines to a page. It comprises letters written by the Emperor to Mír 'Abdu-l Karím Khan, father of the compiler; and out of compliment to him, the son called the collection by the name of Rakáim-i Karáim. The following is extracted from the Preface: "I Saiyid Ashraf Khán Mír Muhammad Husainí do myself the honour of collecting the epistles of the great King 'Álamgír, which were written to my father 'Abdu-l Karím Amír Khan, and of arranging them in the form of a book, which I denominate by the title of Rakáim-i Karáim, as that expression is in a manner connected with the name of the late 'Abdu-l Karím. I much regret the loss of most of the Emperor's epistles, which were either despatched to their several addresses without being copied in my father's office, or were destroyed through the ignorance and carelessness of his attendants. However, those which have remained uninjured are most dear to me."