[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [State papers](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin) › [Āʾīn-i Akbarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari) › [The Ain i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett) › 29.3 # The Institutes of Akbar 29.3 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 29.3 - **Language:** English ### [29.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.29.3) His Majesty has made a large enclosure with fine buildings inside, where he reposes. Though there are more than five thousand women, he has given to each a separate apartment. He has also divided them into sections, and keeps them attentive to their duties. Several chaste women have been appointed as dáróghahs, and superintendents over each section, and one has been selected for the duties of writer. Thus, as in the imperial offices, every thing is here also in proper order. The salaries are sufficiently liberal. Not counting the presents, which his Majesty most generously bestows, the women of the highest rank receive from 1610 to 1028 Rs. per mensem. Some of the servants have from 51 to 20, others from 40 to 2 Rs. Attached to the private audience hall of the palace, is a clever and zealous writer, who superintends the expenditure of the Harem, and keeps an account of the cash and the stores. If a woman wants anything, within the limit of her salary, she applies to one of the Tahwíldárs (cash-keepers) of the seraglio. The Tahwíldár then sends a memorandum to the writer, who checks it, when the General Treasurer makes the payment in cash, as for claims of this nature no cheques are given. - [Previous: 29.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.29.2) - [Next: 29.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.29.4) - [Up: 29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.29.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.29.3) · Pramāṇa