History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c38.2

v2.c38.2

Mughal rule in Orissa really began during the reign of the Emperor Nūruddīn Jahāngīr after the appointment of the first *Ṣūbahdār* in 1607. In addition to the information conveyed by Jahāngīr's "Memoirs" much new light has been thrown by the researches of Sir Jadunath Sarkar, who has utilised many new sources of information. The new records collected by him consist of the *Murāqāt-i-Hassan* or "Letters of Maulānā ‘Abu’l Hassan, who served the *Ṣūbahdārs* of Orissa as Secretary for about 12 years (1655-67), and put this collection together in 1080 A. H. (1669-70)" and "Letters addressed by Aurangzīb to Murshid Qūlī Khān" when *Dīwān* of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, about 1700-1705, included in the Imperial Secretary Inayetullah Khān's *Āḥkām-i-‘Alamgīrī*.¹ Fresh light was obtained by the same authority from the *Bahāristān* five years later.²