Nishi Munshi

The fate of the munshi was to wander, since his type of employment required him to travel with a peripatetic patron of the elite class. Before turning to the details of vakil-munshi interaction, it is necessary (in the absence of other accounts) to examine briefly some of the other relevant roles in the provincial court system and also. The great ambition of the munshi is to have many wives, and, in order to secure them, he has three ways open to him :

Munshi was a voracious reader and studied with deep interest the european literature of revolt, extolling liberty and freedom, proclaiming the sanctity of human personality, and openly preaching rebellion. The making of a munshi muzaffar alam, sanjay subrahmanyam comparative studies of south asia, africa and the middle east, volume 24, number 2, 2004, pp.