تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.11.4

13.11.4

It is the custom of the king of Hind to attach to every amīr, great or small, a mamlūk of his own who acts as a spy on him and informs him of all his affairs. He also places slave-girls in the houses to spy on his amīrs, and women whom they call sweepers, who enter the houses without asking permission; the slave-girls tell them what they know, the sweepers pass this on to the chief of the informants, and he informs the Sultan of it. They relate that a certain amīr was in bed with his wife