Mughal Administration c16.s3.10

c16.s3.10

When an official letter reached the addressee, his secretary wrote the date of arrival and reading of it on the back with the words "arz dida shud." Farmāns granting lands or favours were always issued as the result of suit paid to a minister or other favourite at Court for influencing the Emperor, and the name of such 'intermediary' was entered on the back of the farmān by means of the word rasālatun ('through the medium of'). In this connection, I must cite the parallel practice of ancient Hindu inscriptions of land-grants giving the name of the intermediary (dutak) at the conclusion.