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In it "Abul Fazl has enumerated the duties and functions· 'of · the· Waqai'naois appointed to record the doings at the.
Lt was also one of the duties of the Mir Bakhshi to place · before the Emperor the news-reports sent by Waqai'naoises and Savanihnigars from the different provinces and obtain his orders with regard to each case.
In view of the special importance which be attaches to keeping himself well-informed about the different parts of the realm, the Emperor has deemed fit to appoint a Waqai'naois in every · Suba and -in every Sarkar as the official reporter.
Besides these officials he has appointed the Savanihnigars whose duty it is to send to the Emperor secret reports without informing the Waqai'navis about them.
" 10 In his Ruq'at (letters) Aurangzib has employed the terms Waqai'naois and Savanihnigar distinctively which reveals the functions and position of these officials who were collectively called Akhbarnavis.
12 This shows that even such minor matters were reported by the Waqai'navis in which the Emperor happened to be interested.
. Itis stated in another Waqai' of Hyderabad that Abdulla· Qutb Shah despatched a diamond to the Emperor (Aurangzib) through Amanat Khan.
Apart from the materials of historical importance dealt with in these Waqai', we get ample information regarding the buying and selling rates of gold and silver, the rate of exchange of different coins current in the market and the prices of various commodities.