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Selected Waqai of the Deccan (1660-1671 A.D.)

1953

The working of the system is given in the Mirat-i-Ahmedi in the following words :- " In the offices of the Subadar the Diwan the Faujdar -of the environs of the provincial capital the court of justice the Kotwal's Chabutra he (the Waqainavis) stationed his clerks who brought to him every evening a record of what had occurred there during the day. [...] Muhammad Kazim the official historian of Aurangzib makes the following observation about the functioning of the parallel system of the Waqainavis and the Swanihnigar :- " In the administration of public affairs the far-sighted 1. Indian Travels of Thevenot and Caren p. 26. [...] In this respect a Farman is being issued to the Subadar and the Duvan concerned to take necessary action in the matter."3 The Swanihnigar of the army of prince Azam reported to the Emperor that a punjabi Sawar having got drunk in the vicinity of the mausoleum of Khwaja Bandanawaz Gisudaraz behaved improperly at the tomb of the saint. [...] Some of the gold coins mentioned in the Waqai bear the name of the Rajas of Vijayanagar and the Nayaks of south India who after the extinction of the Vijayanagar Empire had assumed the status of independent rulers. [...] In general the principles of Siaq have been observed in the interpretation of the text and in deciphering the symbolic signs found in the text of the Waqai.
government politics public policy
Pages
359
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.144101
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-ii Yusuf Husain view
Foreword
1-4 Yusuf Husain view
Preface
5-5 Triambak Raj view
Introduction
i-xvi Yusuf Husain view
The Daily News-reports of the Hyderabad City
1-20 Yusuf Husain view
The Daily News-reports of the Aurangabad City
21-38 Yusuf Husain view
The Daily News-reports of the Daulatabad Fort
39-42 Yusuf Husain view
The Daily News-reports of the Ramgir Sarkar
43-52 Yusuf Husain view
The Daily News-reports of the Elichpur City Berar Suba
53-58 Yusuf Husain view
The Daily News-reports of the Parenda Fort
59-64 Yusuf Husain view
The Daily News-reports of the Ahmednagar Fort
65-68 Yusuf Husain view
Copy of the News-reports of the Kalyan Fort
69-72 Yusuf Husain view
The Daily News-reports of the Fathabad Dharur Fort
73-84 Yusuf Husain view
The Siyaha of the News-reports of the Supa Thana
85-88 Yusuf Husain view
Copy of the Daily News-reports of the Baglana Suba
89-100 Yusuf Husain view
The Daily News-reports of the Udgir Fort
101-111 Yusuf Husain view
The Daily News reports of the Junnar Town
112-115 Yusuf Husain view
The Daily News-reports of the Galna Fort
116-121 Yusuf Husain view
Notes
122-143 Yusuf Husain view
Index
144-157 Yusuf Husain view
Backmatter
i-clxxix Yusuf Husain view