[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Histoire de la dernière révolution des États du Grand Mogol](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier) › [Travels in the Mogul Empire (Constable)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable) › 4.3.6 # Travels in the Mogul Empire (Bernier) 4.3.6 Travels in the Mogul Empire (Constable) 4.3.6 - **Language:** English ### [4.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.4.3.6) It is these Omrahs who attain to the highest honours and situations of the State, — at court, in the provinces, and in the armies ; and who are, as they call themselves, the Pillars of the Empire. They maintain the splendour of the court, and are never seen out-of-doors but in the most superb apparel; mounted sometimes on an elephant, sometimes on horseback, and not unfrequently in a Paleky attended by many of their cavalry, and by a large body of servants on foot, who take their station in front, and at either side, of their lord, not only to clear the way, but to flap the flies and brush off the dust with tails of peacocks; to carry the picquedent, or spittoon, water to allay the Omrah's thirst, and sometimes account-books, and other papers. Every Omrah at court is obliged, under a certain penalty, to repair twice a day to the assembly, for the purpose of paying his respects to the King, at ten or eleven o'clock in the morning, when he is there seated to dispense justice, and at six in the evening. An Omrah must also, in rotation, keep guard in the fortress once every week, during four-and-twenty hours. He sends thither his bed, carpet, and other furniture; the King supplying him with nothing but his meals. These are received with peculiar ceremony. Thrice the Omrah performs the taslim, or reverence, the face turned toward the royal apartment; first dropping the hand down to the ground, and then lifting it up to the head. - [Previous: 4.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.4.3.5) - [Next: 4.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.4.3.7) - [Up: 4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.4.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.4.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.4.3.6) · Pramāṇa