تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.87: ذكر أرباب الخطط وسيرهم

They call the chief vizier, who deputises for the sultana, kalakī, with a over the first k and the l; and they call the qāḍī fandiyārqālū, spelt with f with a, n without vowel, undotted d with a, y (the last letter), alif, r, q, alif, and l with u. All their judgements are referred to the qāḍī; he is the greatest of all people among them, and his command is obeyed as the sultan's command is, and more strictly. He sits on a carpet in the Dār, and he has three islands whose revenue he takes for himself, an old custom instituted by Sultan Aḥmad Shanūrāza. They call the preacher handījarī, spelt with a over the h, n without vowel, i under the d, long y,

A collection of pictures from the Maldives when I visited them in 1990

j with a, r and y. They call the head of the dīwān al-fāmaldārī, with a over the f, the m and the undotted d; they call the head of public works māfākalū, with a over the m and the k and u on the l; they call the governor fitnāyak, with i under the f, t (the dotted one) without vowel, a over the n, alif, y (the last letter) also with a, and k; and they call the commander of the sea mānāyak, with a over the m, the n and the y. Each of these is called a vizier. There is no prison in those islands; criminals are confined in wooden houses which are set aside for the merchants' goods, and each of them is put in a wooden frame, as is done in our country with Rūmī captives.