His Majesty considers this department as an excellent dwelling-place, a shelter from heat and cold, a protector against the rain, as the ornament of royalty. He looks upon its efficiency as one of the insignia of a ruler, and therefore considers the care bestowed upon it, as a part of Divine worship. The department has been much improved, both in the quality and the quantity of the stores, and also by the introduction of new fashions. I shall mention a few particulars as specimens for future enquirers.

1. The Bárgáh, when large, is able to contain more than ten thousand people. It takes a thousand farráshes a week to erect it with the help of machines. There are generally two door poles, fastened with hinges. If plain, (i. e., without brocade, velvet, or gold ornaments,) a bárgáh costs 10,000 Rupees and upwards, whilst the price of one full of ornaments is unlimited. The price of others may be estimated from the price of a plain one. 2. The Chaubín ráwatí is raised on ten pillars. They go a little into the ground, and are of equal height, with the exception of two, which are a little higher, as the cross beam rests upon them. The pillars have, above and below, a dásah,* to keep them firm, and several rafters pass over the dásahs and the crossbeam, the whole being kept tightly together by clamps and bolts and nuts. The walls and the roof consist of mats. There is one door or two; and at the height of the lower dásahs there is a raised platform. The inside is ornamented with brocade and velvet, and the outside with scarlet-sackcloth, tied to the walls with silk tape. 3. The Doáshyánah manzil, or house of two stories, is raised upon eighteen pillars, six yards in height, which support a wooden platform; and into this, pillars of four cubits in length are fixed with bolt and nuts, forming an upper story. The inside and outside are ornamented, as in the preceding. On the march it is used by his Majesty as a sleeping apartment, and also as a place of divine worship, where he prays to the Sun; and hence the building resembles a man who strives after God without forgetting his worldly duties, whose one eye is directed to the solitude of pure devotion, and the other eye to the motly sarái of the world. After the devotions are over, the women are allowed to enter, to pay their compliments, and after them, outsiders. On journeys his Majesty inspects in this building the rations (of the elephants, camels, &c.,) which is called jharókah, or window. 4. The Zamíndóz is a tent made of various forms, sometimes with one, sometimes with two door poles; screens are also hung up within it, so as to form divisions. 5. The 'Ajáibí consists of nine awnings on four pillars. Five of the awnings are square, and four tapering; sometimes they make it so as to contain one division only, supported by a single pole. 6. The Manḍal is composed of five awnings joined together, and is supported by four poles. Four of the awnings are let down, so as to form a private room; sometimes all four are drawn up, or one side only is left open. 7. The At'hk'hambah consists of seventeen awnings, sometimes separate, sometimes joined together; they are supported by eight poles. 8. The Khargáh is a folding tent made in various ways; some with one, others with two doors. 9. The Shámyánah-awning is made of various sizes, but never more than of twelve yards square. 10. The Qalandarí has been described.* 11. The Sarápardah was made in former times of coarse canvass, but his Majesty has now caused it to be made of carpeting, and thereby improved its appearance and usefulness. 12. The Gulálbár, is a wooden screen, its parts being fastened together, like the walls of the Khargáh, with leather straps, so that it can be folded together, when the camp breaks off. The gulálbár is covered with red cloth, tied with tape.