Mughal Administration c11.73

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c11.73

*Sixteenth.* Weighing the body against gold (*tula*) was a royal prerogative, though the Emperor sometimes permitted it in the case of a favourite son. (Abdul Hamid's *Padishahnamah*, ii. 377 ; *Tuzuk*, 163.)

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