Mughal Administration c7.s4.6

c7.s4.6

Among the duties of the Diwān of Khālsa were to answer the inquiries of the lower officials (amāl) ; to issue letters-patent (sanad) for services ; to issue orders (parwānahs) on the parganāhs assigning the cash salary (tankhā) of the Emperor’s sons and grandsons, according to the daul prepared by the cash department [of the Treasury] ;—also parwānahs for the recovery of Government advances, for the payment of the fixed salaries of the servants (āhal-i-khidmat), the customary commission of the fotahdārs,