Mughal Administration c16.s3.26

c16.s3.26

Shah Jahan’s procedure is thus described by his official annalist, Abdul Hamid Lahori (I. A. 148) :— “In the *Diwān-i-khās* the Emperor wrote with his own hand replies to certain important letters. In reply to other letters which had been submitted to him by the Court agents (wakils) of the nobles, the wazir, or the officers appointed to read the despatches of the subahdars (ariza-khwān),—the Emperor expressed his pleasure orally and the Secretaries wrote out the farmans accordingly. Their drafts were then submitted to him and he corrected and improved their language and sense.