Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c5.s3.39

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c5.s3.39

The *Vakil-i-dar*, variously designated as *Rasul-i-dar* and *Hajib-ul-Irsal*, was appointed to perform the secretarial functions of the court.⁴ Probably his closer insight into State papers and therefore into matters of State policy gave him a special importance, which is confirmed by the estimate of the historian Barani and the influence of Raihan, the *Vakil-i-dar* of Sultan Nasir-ud-din Mahmud.

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