Chronicles of Mughal Emperors are part biography and part official history. Here in the present work the Emperor is presented as a super human being and wholesome adulation hides the human side of his personality. The official history was compiled in a chronological order from the court circulars and secret correspondence between the court and the news-writer, posted at all important places in the empire. The writing of the present Maasir-i-'Alamgiri was started ...