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Mughal Administration c18.s3.4

Mughal Administration c18.s3.4

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c18.s3.4

Contents of the *Manual of Officers' Duties* :— Praise of God [2 pages, missing]—list of contents divided into five *babs*, subdivided into 49 *fasals* in all,—I. description of the Perfect Man (*insan-i-kamil*), darvishes, sultan [2 pages missing], wakil and wazir, khan-i-saman, bakhshi, darogha of ghusal-khanah and diwan-khanah, subahdar, faujdar, darogha of artillery, mingbashi (captain of musketeers), II. sadr, qazi, mufti, muhtasib and regulator of market-prices, news-writers, peshkar of bakhshi, choice of servants, amin and krori, kotwal, mir-i-imarat (building superintendent), mushrif, III. eleven classes of daroghas of kachari &c. IV. companion (*musahib*), how masters should treat their servants and parents their children, manners in dealing with others, attending Court &c., regulation of style of living and expenditure, dress, V. travel, jamadar, nazir, clerks in offices, mustaufi, qanungo, zamindar, spectators at shows, [the last item entirely missing in ms.]