1882.] 



1KB BATUTA IN THE MALDIVES AND CEYLON". 



established by the Sultan Ahmed Cheno&rdzah. The Preacher is 

 called Hendidjery* : the Chief of the Treasury^ Fameldary\: the Re- 

 ceiver General of Revenue,, Mafacalou%t the Minister of Police, 

 Fitndyec\: and the admiral, Mdndyec§. All these have the title of 

 Vizier. There is no prison in these islands : criminals are shut up 

 in wooden houses built to contain the merchants' goods. Each 

 one is placed in a wooden cell 5 as we have {in Morocco) for the 

 Christian prisoners. 



Of my arrival at these Islands and of the 



vicissitudes which i experienced there. 

 When I came to this country I landed at Cannalous (|, an is- 

 land fair to behold, where there are many mosques. I was lodged 



* Hendldjery : — i. e., Hadegiri, also known as Body, Baderi, in whom are 

 •combined now-a-days the offices of Chief of the Treasury and Receiver-General 

 of Revenue. Pyrard writes Endcquery, " a lord privy councillor, always in 

 attendance upon the King" ; Chris. Hindegeree 1 Treasurer' (Gray). Of : the 

 BMnddgdriko amachcho (Tumour's Mahavanso, p. 231, 3) of the old Sinhalese 

 court. — B. 



f Fdmeldm v y : — i. e., Fdmuderl (KUage-fdnu). Pyrard calls one of the 

 great lords Pammedery calogue, and Christopher says the 4th Vizier was 

 styled Famederi, but had no distinct duties assigned him, Cf : S. gdmoh, deta 

 and Mahavanso, p. 69, amachcha pdmuJcha.< — B. 



%M&facalou: — i. e., Mafa% (Kaloge-fdnu). According to Pyrard the 

 Manpas (a probable misprint for Maupas) was "chancellor, keeper of the 

 king's privy seal" (Gray). Chris, calls this officer Mafae, 5th Vizier. Cf : S. 

 Mahd and pati in sendpati, chamupati (Maahv. passim). -*~B, 



§ Fitndyec ; Mdndyec : — These titles have not survived. Cf : S. Mahd, 

 ndyaJca. Pyrard styles the "First Lord of the Admiralty and President of 

 Board of Trade" (Gray) Velannas [Vetend], and Chris. Wilono Shadander, 3rd 

 Vizier. Ibn Batuta makes no mention of the Dorhimend and Hahurd (Chris - . 

 Durimind : Hahura) 1st and 2nd Viziers; Pyrard, Dorimenaz, Torimesnas, "com- 

 mander in chief of the army"; Acouraz). For particulars regarding the present 

 government officers at Male, see Ceylon Sess. Papers, 1881, "The Maldive 

 Islands." — B. . 



|| Cannalous As Ibn Batuta here mentions an island of the sania name 

 above given to one of the "zones" or atolls, the French editors are likely in 

 error in identifying it with Collomandu atoll, there being no island in that 



