[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) › [Storia do Mogor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci) › [Storia do Mogor (Irvine)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine) › 203.4.3 # Storia do Mogor 203.4.3 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 203.4.3 - **Language:** English ### [203.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.203.4.3) This harangue having been finished, the qāzī is rewarded with seven sets of robes, given him by the king. On leaving the mosque, they find standing at the bottom of the steps a camel ready for the sacrifice. The king, having mounted his horse, gives the camel a lance-thrust in the neck ; or if he does not do it himself, he orders one of his children to do it. Usually when Shāh 'Ālam was at court it was \[13\] he who performed that ceremony, or sacrifice, as they style it. After that the slaves stretch it (the camel) on the ground, and divide its flesh among themselves, as if it were a saint's relics. As I have already given a list of many names of the mahal women, I consider it is not without use to give those of the principal eunuchs of the royal household, serving inside and outside that mansion, or rather prison, for the ladies. Among these principal eunuchs there is always one set above the rest who directs and looks after everything that goes on in the mahal. The man holding this office is highly esteemed by the king. He has a large allowance, has charge of the treasury, is master of the wardrobe, decides on the details and the pattern of the sarapas (robes) to be prepared; in short, it is he who has charge of all the mahal expenditure of the clothes, the linen, and the precious stones, of the jewellery, of everything that goes into or comes out of the palace. Each of these eunuchs has a separate title given him by the king. - [Previous: 203.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.203.4.2) - [Next: 203.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.203.4.4) - [Up: 203.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.203.4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.203.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.203.4.3) · Pramāṇa