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All these are men of fine taste, who are included in the establishment of the Court, and receive magnificent presents. If the Sultan hears that one of his musicians has sung before any other person, he has him put to death. I asked my informant what pay these various officers received, but he did not know; he could only inform me that the table companions of the prince held some of them one, and some of them two towns; and that each of them, according to his rank, received 40,000, 30,000, or 20,000 tankas, without taking into account dresses, robes of honour, and other presents. According to Shaikh Mubarak, the Sultan gives two audiences daily, in the morning and in the evening, and a repast is then served, at which 20,000 men are present, khans, maliks, amirs, isfah-salars, and the principal officers. At his private meals, that is, at his dinner and supper, the Sultan receives learned lawyers to the number of 200, who eat with him and converse upon learned matters. > — Henry Miers Elliot & John Dowson 1871, Masáliku-l Absár (extracts) ### [2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.mawsua.masalik-al-absar.2.55) من ذوي الذوق اللطيف، يجرى على هؤلاء كلهم ديوانه، وتدر عليهم مواهبه، ومتى بلغه أن أحدا من ملاهيه غنى لأحد، قتله، وساءلته عما لهؤلاء من الأرزاق، فقال: لا أعلم من أرزاق هؤلاء إلا ما للندماء، فإن لبعضهم قريتين، ولبعضهم قرية، ولكل واحد منهم من أربعين ألف تنكة إلى ثلاثين ألف تنكة إلى عشرين ألف تنكة، على مقاديرهم من الخلع والكساوى والافتقادات . > men of refined taste. His treasury provides for all of these, and his gifts pour upon them. Whenever he learns that one of his entertainers has sung for someone else, he has him killed. I asked him what stipends these people receive, and he said: "I know nothing of their stipends except those of the boon companions: some of them have two villages, some one village, and each of them receives from forty thousand tankas to thirty thousand to twenty thousand tankas, according to their rank, besides robes of honour, garments and gifts." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.mawsua.masalik-al-absar.2.56) (قال الشيخ أبو بكر بن الخلال البزي الصوفي: وله مائتا تبع تسافر بأمواله في البلاد تبتاع له ولكل واحد منهم في كل مدينة ألف تنكة) قال الشيخ مبارك: > (Shaykh Abū Bakr b. al-Khallāl al-Bazzī the Sufi said: He has two hundred agents who travel through the lands with his wealth, buying for him, and each of them has a thousand tankas in every city.) Shaykh Mubārak said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.57](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.mawsua.masalik-al-absar.2.57) ويمد لهذا السلطان السماط أوقات الحزم في طرفي النهار مرتين، في كل يوم، ويطعم منه عشرون ألف نفر مثل الخانات والملوك والأمراء والأصفهلارية وأعيان الجند، وأما طعامه الخاص، فيحضر معه عليه الفقهاء، مائتا فقيه في الغداء والعشاء، ليأكلوا معه ويجثوا بين يديه. > The table is spread for this Sultan at the set times at both ends of the day, twice every day, and twenty thousand people eat from it, such as the khans, kings, amirs, isfahsalārs and the notables of the army. As for his private meal, the jurists attend it with him—two hundred jurists at lunch and dinner—to eat with him and kneel before him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (2) - [Masáliku-l Absár (extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.mawsua.masalik-al-absar~en-elliot.1.9) — Henry Miers Elliot & John Dowson 1871, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.mawsua.masalik-al-absar~en-mt.2.54) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.mawsua.masalik-al-absar.2.54-57](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.mawsua.masalik-al-absar.2.54-57) · Pramāṇa