تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.87.3

13.87.3

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.