1870.] Translations from the Tdrikh i Firdz Shdhi, 35 



and that of working men [?] from 10 to 15, while ill-favoured boys [?] 

 were procurable at 7 and 8. 



Such penalties were inflicted on the chief brokers, that life even 

 became distasteful to them ; and they longed eagerly for death. 



In the cattle market, by the introduction of these regulations, the 

 price of the best beasts of burthen which in these times fetch 40 tan- 

 kahs, was 4, or at the outside 5 tankahs. A cow for slaughtering fetch- 

 ed a tankah and a half, while a milch cow was valued at from 3 to 4. 

 The price of a cow buffalo in milk averaged from 10 to 12 tankaks, 

 [one for slaughtering, from 5 to 6 tankahs], and that of a fat kid from 

 10 to 12 [and 14] jetals. 



The cheapness of all the three markets mentioned above was so 

 securely established, that it would be impossible to improve upon it ; 

 and as further precaution, police men were stationed throughout the three 

 markets, who used to take cognizance of all the good and bad, obe- 

 dience and disobedience, and fair and unfair dealing that was going 

 on in them, and were bound to furnish daily reports of the same 

 to the Sultan. Whatever therefore reached the Sultan through the 

 reports of the police, it was impossible that it could escape the 

 most rigorous scrutiny and investigation, nor could the culprit's guilt 

 fail to be brought to light, and punishment to be inflicted upon 

 him. From fear of the police, people both high and low, whether 

 belonging to the market or not, became very careful of their be- 

 haviour, obedient, and submissive, and subdued with fear and awe ; 

 nor did any one dare to swerve a needle's point from the letter of the 

 law, to increase or diminish any of the royal standard prices, to in- 

 dulge in vain desires and excesses of any sort, or to accept anything 

 from buyers and sellers. 



In the establishment of laws for the market people, which belongs 

 to the financial department [diwdn i riydsat] of the State, and for the 

 establishment of the price of articles sold in the stalls of the market, 

 a great deal of trouble was taken ; and with immense toil, everything 

 connected with the markets, from caps to socks, combs to needles, 

 sugar cane to vegetables, [Harisali to broth, Qabuni sweatmeats to 

 Reoris* cakes and baked bread to rice bread and fishcakes, from pdn- 



* Reori is perhaps familiar to all in India. For Harisah, we have Abulfazl's 

 recipe, Kin translation, p. 60, 1. 18; and p. 33, Note. 



