Description
There are three collections of Aurungzebe's letters. First, the " Ruka'at-i-Alamgiri," or the" Kaliinat-i- Taiyibat," collected and published by Inayat Allah, one of his principal secretaries ; second, the " Rakaim-i-Karaim," by the son of another secretary Abdul Karim Amir Khan ; and third, the " Dastur-al-Amal Aghahi," collected from various sources thirty-eight years after the emperor's death by a learned servant of Raja Aya Mal under the Raja's order. There is still another collection bearing the name of the " Adab-i-Alamgiri," and comprising letters written by Aurungzebe to his father, his sons, and his officers.