A´I´N 12.
THE ORDER OF THE SEALS.

Farmáns, Parwánchahs, and Baráts, are made into several folds begin­ning from the bottom. On the first fold which is less broad, at a place towards the edge where the paper is cut off, the Vakíl puts his seal; opposite to it, but a little lower, the Mushrif of the Díwán puts his seal, in such a manner that half of it goes to the second fold. Then, in like manner but a little lower, comes the seal of the Çadr. But when Shaikh 'Abdunnabí and Sulṭán Khwájah were çadrs (vide note to A´ín 19), they used to put their seals opposite to that of the Vakíl. In the middle of that fold is the place where that person puts his seal who comes nearest in rank to the Vakíl, as Atkah Khán did at the time of Mun'im Khán, and Adham Khán. The Mír Mál, the Khán Sámán, the Parwánchí, &c., seal on the second fold, but in such a manner that a smaller part of their seals goes to the first fold. The seals of the Díwán, and the Bakhshí do not go beyond the edge of the second fold, whilst the Díwán i juz, the Bakhshí i juz, and the Díwán i Buyútát put their seals on the third fold. The Mustaufí puts his seal on the fourth, and the Çáhib i Taujíh on the fifth fold. The seal of His Majesty is put above the Ṭughrá lines on the top of the Farmán, where the princes also put their seals in Ta'líqahs.