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'''Jasnah's notebooks''' contain notes on various subjects made by [[Jasnah Kholin]] over the course of several years.{{book ref|sa1|42}} Excerpts from it can be found in the epigraphs of ''[[The Way of Kings]]'', in front of chapters 29 to 50.{{ref|name=twok|text=[[{{b|twok}}/Epigraphs#Jasnah's Notes|{{b|twok}} Epigraphs]]}}
 
Since the murder of King [[Gavilar]], Jasnah has dedicated much of her time to finding out as much information as she can about the [[Voidbringer]]s and the city of [[Urithiru]], seeking to understand the events of the night of her father's assassination.{{book ref|sa2|prologue}}
 
After the [[Ghostblood]]'s failed attempt to assassinate Jasnah, two of the three waterproof trunktrunks containing her notebooks arewere lost at the sea,. whileOnly one is washed ashore and recoverdwas recovered by [[Shallan]].{{book ref|sa2|11}} Fortunately, Jasnah hasmade backupscopies of her important papers stored with confidants throughvia [[spanreed]]s,. These copies allowingallowed her to restore the contents of the lost notebooks more or less completely.{{book ref|sa3|47}}
 
== Organization ==
Jasnah keeps several noteboksnotebooks, in which she jots down quotes, her own notes and observations. Once a notebook is filled, she reevaluates its contents and then copies the relevant passages into other, more specific notebooks. While in [[Kharbranth]], she has three such specific notebooks: one dedicated to information about [[Urithiru]]; one concerning the [[Voidbringer]]s; and one regarding [[Natanatan]] and the [[Shattered Plains]].{{book ref|sa1|42}} Additionally, Jasnah keeps a separate notebook with her observations on the politics and notable figures of [[Alethkar]], although by the time Shallan reaches the Plains, the information is severely out of date, and a lot is outright incorrect.{{book ref|sa2|38}}{{book ref|sa2|40}}
 
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