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# تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.87.1

English (machine translation) 13.87.1

- **Language:** English

### [13.87.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt.13.87.1)

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,

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