The Events of Mushtāqī 9.4

9.4

His forces were numerous, and of every kind of horse and foot. Every man who came was entertained. 25,000 infantry and tufangdárs were attached to his person; 7000 tufangdárs were in the fort of Mandu (Mandú ?); 3000 tufangdárs were at Chitor; 1800 at the fort of Rantambhor; 500 at the fort of Bayana; 1000 tufangdárs at Gwaliyar (Gwalior); and 1000 infantry at the fort of Rohtas. It was known that a suitable garrison was maintained in every fort in the country. The force of horse under the royal command consisted of 150,000, some of whom were appointed on service, and others were sent to their own homes. In every pargana there was a shikhdár, a munsif, a treasurer, a Persian writer, and a Hinduwi writer, and in every sarkár there was a chief shikhdár and a chief munsif. At the branding time every man came forward and showed his horse and rendered his account. Munsifs were appointed for examining the brands in the armies on the frontiers, and the King himself occasionally made visits to different parts for this purpose. He kept one army in the upper country, as has been already mentioned, one army in Bengal, one at Rohtas, one in Malwa, one at the fort of Chitor, one in Khajwara, one in the country of Dhandhera, one in Nagor and Judhpur, and in the fort of Rantambhor and Bajwara. No fort in the country was without a garrison or a commandant.]