The Institutes of Akbar 168: The Darbáns, or Porters.
The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 168
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A thousand of these active men are employed to guard the palace. The pay of the Mírdahah is fivefold, 200, 160, 140, 130, and 120 d. Common Darbáns have from 100 to 120 d.