1 xu INTRODUCTION.
2 order of succession is hereditary. The present chief
3 attends to the business of state personally, being now and
4 then, however, relieved in matters of small importance by
5 his ministers. No oppression is allowed to be exercised
6 towards the Ryots. The princes have no interference in
7 state affairs. When the current business is over, visitors
8 are admitted. All respectable servants and officers are
9 allowed to pay their respects. The appearance of the
10 Durbar is very respectable, and marked with regularity.
11 They sit on carpets, in regular lines, according to their
12 respective grades. If any one of the Sayids, Mullahs, or
13 respectable Daoodputra chiefs comes in, the chief and the
14 courtiers immediately rise to receive him. In short, I
15 have not seen a more orderly Durbar. Much attention is
16 paid to a stranger. During the continuance of the
17 Durbar, the chief very seldom talks to his functionaries
18 without necessity.
19 The Durbar is held from eight to twelve o'clock in the
20 morning, when the chief retires, as 1s customary 1n every
21 native court, to the Kehloola, or siesta; but the Bahawal-
22 pur Khan employs this time generally inreading. In the
23 afternoon Durbar, the Khan is attended only by his sons
24 and Motmids, or confidentials, and very little business is
25 transacted at the time.
26 If a complaint of outrage is ever received in the court
27 against any of the public officers, he is immediately sum-
28 moned to the presence. On finding that the case deserves
29 a regular inquiry, it is made over for investigation and
30 decision to the Kazee, or judge, in attendance. Should
31 the plaintiff be dissatisfied with his decision, the case is