History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c32.s1.t9.15

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45. Faiyaz-ul-qawanin, belonging to Nawab Ali Husain Khan Bahadur of Lucknow, a MS. of 266 leaves, 17 lines to a page. It is a large collection of historical letters, several of them being taken from the official annals and other earlier sources. Divided into three books (called daftars): (i) Letters of kings and princes, (ii) letters from nobles to each other and to kings and princes, and (iii) miscellaneous letters. Among the writers are the Emperors Akbar, Jahangir, Shah Jahan (25 letters), Aurangzib (11), and Farukh-siyar, Jahanara, Dara Shukoh (8), Shuja (6), Murad Bakhsh (47), Jafar Khan, wazir of Aurangzib (9), the Shahs Tahmasp, Abbas I. and Abbas II., Adil Shah, Qutb Shah, Jai Singh and others. Some of Murad's letters are also given the Rampur State Library bad MS. Qasir-ul-anamil (Insha 168.) Irvine MS. 371, a fragment, gives some of the letters of the Faiyaz. I have quoted the paging of Irvine's copy of the complete Faiyaz.