The Institutes of Akbar 182.5

182.5

Parwánchahs are made out for the stipulated salaries of the Begums and the princes; for the stipends of people under the care of the Díwán i Sa’ádat (vide Ain 19); the salaries of the Ahadís, Chelahs, and of some officers in the work-shops; and for the allowances on account of the food of Bárgír horses (vide p. 139, Ain 54). The treasurer does not annually demand a new sanad, but pays the allowances on the mere receipt, signed and sealed by the ministers of the State. The Mushrif (accountant) writes out the receipt, which is signed by the recipient, and is then sent to the Díwán for orders. It is then signed by the Mushrif, the Mustaufí, the Názir i Buyútát, the Díwán i Kul, the Khán-Sámán, the Mushrif of the Díwán. In the Parwánchahs given to Ahadís, the signature, seal, and orders of the Ahadíbáshí, or Commander of the Ahadís, are required after those of the Mustaufí, the Díwán, and the Bakhshís, because His Majesty, from motives of kindness, and from a desire to avoid delay, has ordered that these Parwánchahs need not be laid before him. Nor does His Majesty sign, sarkhats, sale and purchase receipts, price-lists, ’arzxámchahs (statements of sums forwarded to Court by the collectors of the Imperial domains) qarár námahs (which specify the revenue collections of the collectors on account of the ryots), and the muqásá (statements of account which Tahwíldárs take from the Mustaufí, showing that the sums which they had received as deposits, have been correctly expended).