Letters of Aurungzebe (1908)
by Aurangzeb Alamgir, translated by Jamshedji Hormasji Bilimoriya
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Ruka’at-i-Alamgiri

or

Letters of Aurungzebe

[WITH HISTORICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES]

Translated from the original Persian into English

by
JAMSHID H. BILIMORIA, B.A.


(Registered under Act XXV of 1867.)


LUZAC & Co.,
46, Great Russell Street,
LONDON;


BOMBAY:
CHERAG PRINTING PRESS.


1908.

All Rights Reserved
BY THE TRANSLATOR,
JAMSHID H. BILIMORIA, B.A.

Contents.

Page.
Preface iii-v
Introduction 1-2
Letters to Sultan Mahammad Mūazzam, Sháh Alam Bahádūr, the Crown Prince 3-10
Letters to Prince Mahammad A'azam Sháh Bahádūr 11-72
Letter to Kám Bakhsha 73-74
Letters to Prince Mahammad Ma'az-ūd—Din Bahádur 75-76
Letters to Prince Mahammad Bidár Bakhta 84-86
Letter to Amir-ūl-Umará Sháyasta Khán, Governor of Akbarábád 86-89
Letters to Umadat-ūl-Mūlk, Madár-ūl-Mahám, Asad Khán 90-149
Letters to Gházi-ūd-Din Khán Bahádūr Firūz Jang 150-152
Letters to Zūl Fikár Khán Bahádūr Nasrat Jang 153-158
Letters to Mirzá Sadr-ūd-Din Mahammad Khán Safavi, Second Paymaster 159-160
Letter to A'akel Khán, Fort-keeper and Governor of the Capital of Sháh Jehán Abád 161
Letter to Hamid-ūd-Din Khán Bahádūr 162
Letters to Inayát Alláh Khán 163-168
Letters to Asad Khán 169-172
Letters to Abdūl Kásim Khán 173-174
Letter to Afazal Khán 175
Index 177

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