The Institutes of Akbar 99: AIN 52. · ON HARNESS, &c.

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It would be difficult and tedious to describe the various ornaments, jewels, and trappings, used for the khāṣah horses on which His Majesty rides out.
For the whole outfit of a khāṣah horse, the allowance is 277½ d. per annum; viz., an artak, or horse quilt, of wadded chintz, 47 d.; a yālposh (a covering for the mane) 32 d.; a woollen towel, 2 d.—these three articles are renewed every six months; in lieu of the old artak, half the cost price is deducted, and one-sixth for the old yālposh—; a saddle cloth, the outside of which is woven of hair, the lining being coarse wool, 42 d.; halters for the nakhtah (headstall) and the hind feet, 40 d.; a pusht-tang (girth), 8 d.; a magas-rān (a horse tail to drive away flies), 3 d.; a nakhtah and qaizah (the bit), 14 d.; a curry-comb, 1½ d.; a grain bag, 6 d.; a basket, in which the horse gets its grain, 1 d. These articles are given annually, and fifteen dáms, ten jetals, subtracted in lieu of the old ones.
In the other stables, the allowance for horses whose value is not less than twenty-one muhurs, is 196½ d. per annum, the rate of the articles being the same. Twenty-five and a half dáms are subtracted in lieu of the old articles.
In stables of horses worth twenty to eleven muhurs, the annual allowance is 155½ d.; viz., for the artak, 39½ d.; the yālposh, 27½ d.; a coarse saddle cloth, 30 d.; the girth, 6 d.; the nakhtah and qaizah, 10 d., and the nakhtah ropes and feet-ropes, 32 d.; the magasrān, 2 d.; a towel, 1½ d.; a curry-comb, 1½ d.; a basket, 1 d.; a grain bag, 4½ d. Twenty dáms are subtracted for the old articles.
For horses worth up to ten muhurs, and qisrāqs and gut, the allowance is 117½ d.; viz., an artak, 37 d.; a yālposh, 24½ d.; a jul, 24 d.; a nakhtah band and a pāiband, 8 d.; a nakhtah and qaizah, 8 d.; a pusht-tang, 5 d.; a magasrān and a towel, each 1½ d.; a curry-comb, 1½ d.; a basket, 1 d.; a grain bag, 4½ d. The amount subtracted is the same as before.
1. The Karáh is an iron vessel for boiling grain sufficient for ten horses. The price of a karáh is at the rate of one hundred and forty dáms per man of iron; but this includes the wages of the maker. 2. The Rissín Satl, or brass bucket, out of which horses drink. There is one for every ten khánah horses. The price of making one is 140 d. For other horses, as in the stables of thirty, &c., there is only one. 3. The Kamand is a halter, attached to iron pegs, for fastening the horses. In stables of forty, there are three; in stables of thirty, two; in others, one. The weight of a halter is half a man; its cost price is 140 d., and 16 d. the wages of the rope maker. 4. The Ahanín mekh, or iron peg, of which there are two for every halter. Each peg weighs five sers, and costs 15 d. 5. The Zubartukhmáq, or hammer, weighs five sers, and is used for fixing the iron pegs. There is one in every stable.
All broken and old utensils of brass and iron, in the Khánah stables, if repairable, are repaired at the expense of the Dároghahs; and when they are past mending, their present value is deducted, and the difference paid in cash. In other stables, a deduction of one-half of their value is made every third year.
6. Na'l, or horseshoes, are renewed twice a year. Formerly eight dáms were given for a whole set, but now ten. 7. Andlán. One is allowed for ten horses. The price of it is 80 d.