1 POWEBS OF THE KING..
2 to be understood that he tutsMk oeds way part of tenhoty ooqut
3 pied by A%hauB tribak i
4 All appointments are in his gift ; but, in many cases, his choice ia
5 confined to peiiicular &miHes ; of this descv^itnncflrethe chie&hipn
6 of tribes. Some offices of the atelie^ end! many mea of tiie King's
7 household, are also hereditary.
8 He has the entire control of the revenue, both in collection and
9 expenditure. He cannot, liuwever, incieaj»e tiie settlement of the
10 land revenue, fixed by Ahmed Shauh, which is very light. The only
11 means he possesses of incr^sing liis resources, derived from the
12 Afghauns, are tines, compositions for military service; and, in m>h\q
13 cases, arbitrary valuations of the produce, on which the revenue is
14 essessed*
15 Hieae. eaq^ecHenta ife not very prndnctivc^ and Hba use' of tben*
16 in caaea wliew •the gowanunfiut could vttSij anfime 91 new aaaaaa*
17 flMnt, aeema a dear adoimrledgpiaut that the pietqgative ia'Uinitdl
18 in-tiiia raapect.
19 The King cannot feaume the granta of hia ptedeoeaMn. In ehril
20 wani» the gvantv' df one pietandav aae xeannled by the^o^ieitf nn ihe
21 ground of their not bebg the acta of s hnrfiil monwdi ( but .^m
22 thh is not oftan- done.
23 The customs have never been- altered. I do not know whether the
24 King has the right to increase them.; he certainly has the power, as
25 his doing so would not immediately afiect-ai^ body of niena||Boqg
26 enough to question bis orders.
27 The K ing has the control of military levies, and the cxunmand of
28 the army.
29 A part of the administration of justice has been b hew u to be left
30 to the internal government of the tribes ; the other branches belong
31 to the sovereign, who appoints all Cauzees ^ and coniirms their sen-
32 tences in places wh^e they have criminal jurisdiction. Inscaaca
33 where the'onme ia agrinat'the aiatc^ the IQi^'is Ae aafe judga .Hia
34 power, hewevttr, deeanet» aran in tbiacaae^'ffitendtoihnHfiielie
35 8u.
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