[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Islamic world](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl) › [Arabic](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar) › [Travel and sea narratives](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla) › [تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt) › 13.87.3 # تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.87.3 English (machine translation) 13.87.3 - **Language:** English ### [13.87.3](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt.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. - [Previous: 13.87.2](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt.13.87.2) - [Next: 13.88.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt.13.88.1) - [Up: 13.87](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt.13.87) ## Linked texts (1) - [تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.13.87.3) — Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Arabic --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt.13.87.3](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt.13.87.3) · Pramāṇa