[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) › c8.s6.3 # Mughal Administration c8.s6.3 Mughal Administration c8.s6.3 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.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. \[\*Camb. Med. Hist.\*, iv. 283.\] - [Previous: c8.s6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c8.s6.2) - [Next: c8.s6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c8.s6.4) - [Up: c8.s6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c8.s6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c8.s6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c8.s6.3) · Pramāṇa