Mughal Administration c8.s6.3

c8.s6.3

According to a contemporary history of Jahangir, the *Bahāristān-i-Ghaibi* (Paris MS., 101a), the practice of appointing public newswriters to each province and reading their reports openly in the Emperor's Court was introduced by that monarch, to make a display of his greatness before the expected Persian ambassador. Secret news-reporters in the provinces were an important element of the Abbasid administration. [*Camb. Med. Hist.*, iv. 283.]