1 MINISTERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD. 519
2 ooeanom midi wnfafj^mj and' fBodan it aliiuMt imposnfale to know
3 «iacllj<'tfae dnt)r or powen df any officer of governmenL '■
4 , Next to the vizier in the .general admhiistratkni* the* pcmciiMl
5 ministers are the Momuhee Bwiibee (or chief secretuy)* who mnw-
6 ges all the King'^ corrcspondoioe ; and the Hircarrah Bausheey irilo
7 i« at the head ol' the intelligenoe department, and who has the com-
8 mand of all the Chuppers and Cossids (mounted and foot messen-
9 gers), lender this heat! may also be considered the Nusukchce Bau-
10 shee, w iiose duty it is to sn}>erintend all punisliments, and who iH
11 besides a kind of em 1 riiarischal ; and tlie Zubt Begee, who seizes on
12 all property ordered to be confiscatetl or sequestrated. ' •
13 The heads of the revenue and judKual departments, and the chiefs
14 of the army are among the greatest officers of state, but their fiinc-
15 tiooft will be more convenieiitly mentioaed, when the branches of the
16 adminutiatioii with wfaicli Ifaey are connected, are explained^- - -
17 The cfficen of the court and.hooaefaold aie very numenma.. llwir
18 eafaUiahmcnt is ibnned esaodj on the modtl- of Naudhr Sluuih'a.
19 Each of the branches belonging to' it is distinguiihed by a particukar
20 dress*. The.i^peaianee of the couitis^verj rega]ar.and:.deooiooS)
21 and nmat Juan been miyiififfHit bflfefe diefCiTjl win, and the phn^
22 der of the furniture and deoorataons of the palaces.
23 The priadpaL heads of these departnunts are the following : the
24 Meer- Akhor, or master of the horse* whose employmeitt is hereditaiy
25 in the head family of the Ishakzyes. < ■ .. ' < ■
26 The office of Tshikaghaussee Baushee is a considerable (nie> hcfe-
27 ditary in a great family of Populzyes. The meaning of the word in
28 Turkish is door-keeper, but the duty is that ol' master of ceremonies.
29 The station of Arz Bef^ee is hereditary in the family of Akram
30 Khaun. The duty is lo repeal in an audible \oiue Lo tlie Kiniz, any
31 tiling that is said by his subjects who are adiuitted to hit» presence.
32 It is iutended to correct the mistakes which people unaccustomed to
33 • See Plate XIIL tnd XIV.
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