i ▁literature . ▁More ▁than ▁ 2 0 0 ▁b akh ars ▁were ▁written ▁in ▁the ▁sevent e enth ▁to ▁nin ete enth ▁centuries , ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁of ▁them ▁chron ic ling ▁the ▁de eds ▁of ▁the ▁Mar ath a ▁r uler ▁Sh iv aj i . ▁B akh ars ▁are ▁considered ▁valuable ▁resources ▁dep ict ing ▁the ▁Mar ath a ▁view ▁of ▁history , ▁but ▁also ▁critic ised ▁for ▁f als ification , ▁emb ell ishment ▁and ▁magn ification ▁of ▁facts . ▁ ▁Et ym ology ▁Most ▁sch ol ars ▁believe ▁that ▁the ▁word ▁b ak har ▁is ▁a ▁met ath esis ▁of ▁the ▁Arab ic - origin ▁word ▁k hab ar ▁(" information "). ▁S ▁N ▁Jos hi ▁arg ues ▁that ▁the ▁word ▁is ▁derived ▁from ▁the ▁Pers ian ▁word ▁k h air ▁or ▁b akh air ▁(" all ▁is ▁well ", ▁the ▁end ▁sal ut ation ▁in ▁a ▁letter ), ▁since ▁it ▁appears ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁most ▁texts . ▁B ap u ji ▁Sank pal ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁word ▁is ▁derived ▁from ▁the ▁S ansk rit - origin ▁word ▁ak hy ay ika ▁(" story "). ▁ ▁Style ▁The ▁principle ▁characteristics ▁of ▁b ak har ▁are ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁written ▁in ▁pro se , ▁had ▁a ▁force ful ▁style ▁of ▁writing , ▁were ▁of ▁political ▁historical ▁nature ▁which ▁appe aled ▁to ▁Mar ath a ▁patri ot ism , ▁were ▁often ▁commission ed ▁by ▁a ▁patron , ▁displayed ▁an ▁accept ance ▁of ▁tradition ▁and ▁also ▁a ▁belief ▁in ▁the