Ruqaʿat-i ʿAlamgiri 1.4

1.4

The Dastûru-l 'Aml A'gâhi appears from the following passage in the Introduction to have been compiled under the orders of Rája Ayá Mal. "The dependents of the King 'Álamgír have collected the celebrated epistles from that monarch to the different princes and nobles, into several pamphlets, without arranging them in the form of a regular book; but at the request of Rája Ayá Mal, one of his learned servants collected the detached pamphlets into one volume in the Hijra year 1156 (1743 A.D.), and denominated the work Dastûru-l 'Aml A'gâhi. As the style of these epistles was rather difficult to be understood by every one, since the King was very fond of figurative language, the compiler takes the opportunity of giving in this Preface the real meanings of the peculiar expressions used by the King." Then follows the explanation given in the Extract from the Kalimát-i Taiyibát.