Mughal Administration c16.s3.14

c16.s3.14

(i) *Farmān*, *shukka*, *āhkām* (plural noun wrongly used for the singular ; or was it a case of pluralis majestatis?), and, in the case of only one later collection of Aurangzib’s letters, *ramz-wa-ishāra*. These names meant any letter written by the Emperor directly or in his own person, to any other person, whether prince of the blood, subject, or foreign sovereign. (*Ruqa* is a vulgar modern name, which was never officially used.)