'The keeping of exact and detailed records was a major concern of the Mughal administration'. Support the statement with facts.
Detailed records of the Mughal administration were kept in the following ways:
(i) Mir Bakshi supervised the corps of court writers who recorded all the applications and documents presented to the court.
(ii) In addition, agents (wakil) of nobles and regional rulers recorded the entire proceedings of the court under the heading “News from the Exalted Court” (Akhbarat-i Darbar-i Mualla) with the date and time of the court session (pahar).
(iii) The akhbarat contained all kinds of information such as attendance at the court, grant of offices and titles, diplomatic missions, presents received, or the enquiries made by the emperor about the health of an officer.
(iv) This information is valuable for writing the history of the public and private lives of kings and nobles.
(v) News reports and important official documents travelled across the length and breadth of the regions under Mughal rule by imperial post. Round-the-clock relays of foot-runners (qasid or pathmar) carried papers rolled up in bamboo containers.
