Tarikh-i Daʾudi 3.3.2

3.3.2

One of the King's commands was, that twice a year money should be distributed from the royal treasury to the deserving poor of the different cities, and certain God-fearing persons were sent to inquire into the state and administer to the necessities of the unfortunate. He ordained that each Jágírdár should possess all the revenues of his tenure, with the exception of those proceeding from imlák and wazáif. Thus were the holders of aima released by this single order of the Sultan, as no one now required to have his farmán renewed. There was no interference in the concerns of any of the chiefs who went to the wazir's diwán and settled their accounts with him, having drawn them up in the manner most convenient to themselves. No one was allowed to press cattle from the villagers for the purpose of carriage. It was the custom for every chief, when he heard of the coming of a royal order, to go out two or three kos to meet its bearer; a terrace was then erected, on which the messenger placed himself, whilst the nobleman standing beneath received the farmán in the most respectful manner with both hands, and placed it on his head and eyes; if it was to be read privately he did so, and if it was to be made known to the people, it was read from the pulpit of the Mosque. The annual procession of the spear of Salar Mas'ud he abolished in every province of his dominions, and peremptorily enjoined its discontinuance. Women also were forbidden to perform pilgrimages to tombs.