The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c18.4

c18.4

*Mīr Manzil*. To preserve order in the audience-hall and its approaches, and to regulate the access of the public thereto, there were a number of guards (*yasāwal*), at whose head were several officers styled *Mīr Tuzak* (literally, Lords of Arrangement). The first of these officials was one of the great officers of State, and it was his duty when the court was on the march, to fix the route, to decide on the marches, and to proceed ahead, select a place for encampment, and lay out the site of the various camps and the lines of shops (*bāzār*). When carrying out these duties, the first Mīr Tuzak was more commonly known as *Mīr Manzil*, Lord of the Stages.