THE HARAM OF AKBAR. 
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proper employment is assigned to each individual. 
Over each of these companies a woman is appointed 
Darogha. And one is selected for the command of the 
whole, in order that the affairs of the haram may 
be conducted with the same regularity and good go- 
vernment as the other departments of the state. 
Every one receives a salary equal to her merit. 
The pen cannot measure the extent of the emperor’s 
largesses ; but here shall be given some account of the 
monthly stipend of each. The ladies of the first 
quality receive from one thousand six hundred and 
ten rupees, down to one thousand and twenty-eight 
rupees. Some of the principal servants of the pre- 
sence have from fifty-one down to twenty rupees, and 
others are paid from two rupees up to forty. 
At the grand gate is stationed a mushreff, to take 
account of the receipts and expenditures of the haram 
in ready money and in goods. 
Whenever any of this multitude of women want 
anything, they apply to the treasurer of the haram, 
who, according to their monthly stipend, sends a me- 
morandum thereof to the mushreff of the grand gate, 
who transmits it to the treasurer of the king’s palace, 
who pays the money. 
The inside of the haram is guarded by women, and 
about the gate of the royal apartments are placed the 
most confidential. Immediately on the outside of the 
gate watch the eunuchs of the haram, and at a proper 
distance are stationed the Rajpoots, beyond whom are 
the porters of the gates, and on the outside of the 
enclosure, the omrahs, the ahdeeans, and other troops 
mount guard, according to their rank. 
