[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Mughal Administration](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920) › c16.s3.8 # Mughal Administration c16.s3.8 Mughal Administration c16.s3.8 - **Language:** English ### [c16.s3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.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 - [Previous: c16.s3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c16.s3.7) - [Next: c16.s3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c16.s3.9) - [Up: c16.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c16.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c16.s3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c16.s3.8) · Pramāṇa