202 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. (May, 1912. 
His manner of transacting business is to go, generally 
twice a day, to a place where he can be spoken to. For 
this he has two very large squares, in each of ses rises a 
most beautifully adorned estrade. One of these squares is 
open to all classes of agen ee people ;! to the other are 
admitted only the great captains, his litterati, the Fathers, 
the Portuguese and those of his family.” The greater part of 
the business he listens to and settles standing; at times even, 
he remains standing two or three hours, talking now wi ith 
this one, then with that one 
Eight men '—of those with whom he is most familiar and 
whom he keeps most about his person—have each their day 
of the week to present those who have business to transact, 
and hand him their petitions, and when those from without 
come to kiss his foot,* they act as sponsors and masters of 
ceremonies. 
There are always about the King certain scribes who pick 
the words out of his mouth and write down at once whatever 
he says and ordains.’ This, it seems, is an ancient custom 
of the Sem and the Medes, and of the peoples of this 
country ; hence, we can understand the practice described in 
the book of Esther and Daniel. 
ual seat is on an estrade, where he squats in 
Moorish Piddiicas: but, they keep always near him a chair with 
ike ours, and covered with crimson velvet, on which 
he often sits down. 
In certain private a with his captains, at which 
the Fathers were present, and sometimes when the Fathers 
ees speaking to him within doors, he made them alone sit 
‘ite h as three sons and two daughters, not counting many 
children oiks have died. 
The Prince is called Xeco; the middle one, Pahari; the 
youngest, Danial or Dan, and for honour’s sake they add 
to their name Gio, which means ‘‘ so ul.”” sgn they say 
Xecogio, etc., as if you said ‘‘soul of Xeco. 
he kin gdom, which he inherited en his ites is 
called Industan. By his victories over the Patanes, Baloches 

1 ** Difficile dictu est, quam facilem se, in — eae “a 
mittendisque prebeat. Singulis enim, prope diebus, omnibus, 
popularibus, tum proceribus, colloquii sui, copiam facit.’’ Mong. La: 
. 107a. 4. 
See * Regulations : for admission to ag rite I, 156 -157. 
3 We have ‘‘seven’’ in Mong. Leg. Com ers 
4Was not ie practice rather to put ses ’s Site on His Majesty’s 
foot? Cf. Ain, I, 265. 
5 Regarding the Waqi ’ahnawis or scribes, and what they were 
mea i to chronicle, see Ain, I, 2 
6 The three sons of the e Emperor were Sultan Salim, whom Akbar 
