Mughal Administration c14.s5.t3.12

c14.s5.t3.12

70. Theatre or *natak-khanah*, besides the *sahat-khanah* and *sharbat-khanah* already noticed under other heads. The printed Persian text of Afif's *Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi* gives nothing new except *Shakra-khanah* and *zarād-khanah* (which I correct into *nuqra* and *zar-doz* respectively), and *rikab-khanah*, and *tashtdar-khanah*, meaning the stores of trays and ewers, which are included by the *Zawabit* in the kitchen department. In the *Akhbarat-i-darbar-i-muala* we find three other names, *shora-khanah*, *bulbuli-khanah* (department of singing-birds),* and what looks like *‘ilur-khanah*, which may be a mistake for *yuz-khanah* (department of hunting leopards or dogs ; No. 8 above.)