The Administration of the Sultanate of Dehli c10.60

c10.60

So important were the functions of this department that the sultan himself might perform some of the duties of the *‘āriḍ-i-mumālik*.¹ The third office was the *dīwān-i-inshā* which dealt with royal correspondence. It has rightly been called ‘the treasury of secrets,’ for the *dabīr-i-khāṣ*, who presided over this department, was also the confidential clerk of the state.²