Letters of Aurungzebe
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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