Mughal Administration c16.s3.8

c16.s3.8

∗ In some farmans that I have seen the *sad* is very thick, but is not usually completed, because only the ellipse forming the first part of the letter is given, but not the semi-circle forming its tail. The technical official expression for the Emperor’s final approval was “the letter or order reached the *sad*.” Even present day Bengal zamindars write on their letters to their agents and tenants not their names but only the word *Shri-Sahih* followed by an ornate flourish of the pen like the tail of a snake. This practice is a legacy of the Mughal empire