Storia do Mogor 238.7.4

238.7.4

After all these orders have been given, he retires to the gousal cana (ghusal-khdnah), the place for second audience and counsel. Here he gives other secret orders as to what is to be done. The officials control proceedings, without the king being able to inspect everything that is done, owing to his multitudinous occupations. There can be no doubt that if this king were well served many things could be done in these regions. purity.' Herein are good counsels given and excellent sentences, and thence just orders are sent forth. It is a privileged and ordered place. There are in the empire three principal imperial abodes ; the most ancient is at Dihli, the second at Agrah, the third at Lahor. At each there is a great bastion, named the Xaaburg (Shah-burj), which means 'Royal Bastion.' They are domed, and have architectural adornments of curious enamel work, with many precious stones. Here the king holds many audiences for selected persons, and from it he views the elephant fights and diverts himself with them.