[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) › 30.1 # The Institutes of Akbar 30.1 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 30.1 - **Language:** English ### [30.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.30.1) It would be difficult to describe a large encampment; but I shall say something on the equipage used for hunting parties and short journeys. 1. The Gulálbár is a grand enclosure, the invention of his Majesty, the doors of which are made very strong, and secured with locks and keys. It is never less than one hundred yards square. At its eastern end a pavilion of two entrances is erected, containing 54 divisions, 24 yards long, and 14 broad; and in the middle there stands a large Chaubin ráotí, and round about it a Sarápardah. Adjoining to the Chaubin, they built up a two-storied pavilion, in which his Majesty performs divine worship, and from the top of which, in the morning, he receives the compliments of the nobility. No one connected with the seraglio enters this building without special leave. Outside of it, twenty-four chaubín ráotís are erected, 10 yards long, and 6 yards wide, each separated by a canvass, where the favourite women reside. There are also other pavilions and tents for the servants, with Sáibáns of gold embroidery, brocade, and velvet. Adjoining to this is a Sarápardah of carpet, 60 yards square, within which a few tents are erected, the place for the Urdubégís, and other female servants. Farther on up to the private audience hall, there is a fine open space, 150 yards long and 100 yards broad, called the Mahtábí; - [Previous: 29.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.29.5) - [Next: 30.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.30.2) - [Up: 30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.30) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.30.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.30.1) · Pramāṇa