The business which His Majesty daily transacts is most multifarious; hence I shall only describe such affairs as continually recur.

A large number of men are introduced on such days, for which an Anjuman i Dád o Dihish, or assembly of expenditure, has been announced. Their merits are enquired into, and the coin of knowledge passes current. Some take a burden from their hearts by expressing a wish to be enrolled among the members of the Divine Faith; others want medicines for their diseases.* Some pray His Majesty to remove a religious doubt; others again seek his advice for settling a worldly matter.* There is no end to such requests, and I must confine myself to the most necessary cases.

The salaries of a large number of men* from Túrán and I´rán, Turkey and Europe, Hindustan and Kashmír, are fixed by the proper officers in a manner described below, and the men themselves are taken before His Majesty by the paymasters. Formerly it had been the custom for the men to come with a horse and accoutrements; but now-a-days only men appointed to the post of an Ahadí* bring a horse. The salary as proposed by the officers who bring them, is then increased or decreased, though it is generally increased; for the market of His Majesty's liberality is never dull. The number of men brought before His Majesty depends on the number of men available. Every Monday all such horsemen are mustered as were left from the preceding week. With the view of increasing the army and the zeal of the officers, His Majesty gives to each who brings horsemen, a present of two dáms for each horseman.

Special Bitikchís* [writers] introduce in the same manner such as are fit to be Ahadís. In their case, His Majesty always increases the stipulated salary. As it is customary for every Ahadí to buy* his own horse, His Majesty has ordered to bring to every muster the horses of any Ahadís that may have lately died, which he hands over to the newly appointed Ahadís either as presents, or charging the price to their monthly salaries.

On such occasions, Senior Grandees and other Amírs introduce also any of their friends, for whom they may solicit appointments. His Majesty then fixes the salaries of such candidates according to circumstances; but appointments under fifty rupees per mensem are rarely ever solicited in this manner.

Appointments to the Imperial workshops also are made in such assemblies, and the salaries are fixed.