[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Mughal Administration](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920) › c11.18 # Mughal Administration c11.18 Mughal Administration c11.18 - **Language:** English ### [c11.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c11.18) "An \*umara\* must also, in rotation, keep guard in the fortress (\*i.e.\*, the Emperor's palace enclosure) once every week, during four and twenty hours. He sends thither his bed, carpet and other furniture; the king supplying him with nothing but his meals. These (dishes) are received with peculiar ceremony. Thrice the \*umara\* performs the \*taslim\*, or reverence, the face turned towards the royal apartment; first dropping the hand down to the ground, and then lifting it up to the head. (Pp. 214 and 258.) - [Previous: c11.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c11.17) - [Next: c11.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c11.19) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c11.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c11.18) · Pramāṇa