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Imam-e-Rabbani Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi was a very famous and mostprominent Sufi saint and scholar of the 17 century A.D of Naqshbandi Sufidoctrine of India. The collection of his 536 letters are counted as a verybasic, major and very important document on account of Islamic mysticism.This article covers a brief introduction of Shaikh Ahmed and his letterscovering their publications and translations ever done. After that, the writerof this article has given a very brief literary and linguistic analysis of thefirst hundred Persian letters of Imam-e-Rabbani, discussing the literaryimportance and the most prominent and distinguished artistic qualities ofthese letters from rhetorical aspect, which is very useful in understandingthe writing style of Shaikh Ahmed Sirhindi.Key words:Imam-e-Rabbani,letters, literary importance, Artistic qualities,Rhetorical aspect, Naqshbandi