[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935) › c5.s3.39 # Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c5.s3.39 Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c5.s3.39 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.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. - [Previous: c5.s3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c5.s3.38) - [Next: c5.s3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c5.s3.40) - [Up: c5.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c5.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c5.s3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c5.s3.39) · Pramāṇa