[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) › c8.s5.11 # Mughal Administration c8.s5.11 Mughal Administration c8.s5.11 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c8.s5.11) Akbar's farman, as given in \*Mirāt-i-Ahmadi\*, i. 168—170, contains the following instructions for the kotwāl:—"The kotwāl...with the help of clerks should make a list of the houses and buildings of the place, and enter under each house \[the names of\] its inhabitants, stating what sort of men they are, how many of them are \*bāzāris\*, how many are artisans, how many are soldiers, how many darvishes. Taking security from every house, he should ensure their mutual co-operation, and defining the \*mahallas\* (wards), he should appoint a headman for each \*mahalla\*, by whose advice all things should be done there. Spies should come every day and night and cause to be written down \[in the kotwāl's office\] the occurrences of each ward...When a guest arrives, —be he a kinsman or a stranger,—it should be reported to the headman of the ward...The kotwāl should always keep himself informed about the income and expenditure of every man, because when a man spends in excess of his income it is certain that he is doing something wrong...In the markets he should fix the prices of things and prevent rich men from \[creating a monopoly by\] buying much and selling little. The kotwāl should stop the sale and drinking of wine in his jurisdiction." - [Previous: c8.s5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c8.s5.10) - [Next: c8.s5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c8.s5.12) - [Up: c8.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c8.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c8.s5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c8.s5.11) · Pramāṇa