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The heart of a continent : vol.1 |
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and they give their opinion about it. Then some one who has
a case to bring before the Mehtar for his decision will advance,
kiss his feet, and state his case. The people at the upper end
of the watercourse of his village have taken all the water, and
left none for his lands in the lower part of the village. The
Mehtar turns to the durbar and asks if any one knows about
this. Some men from the village will then say what they
know ; a conversation about the matter will follow ; then the
Mehtar will give orders as he thinks fit, and the matter is there
and then disposed of. No record of any case is kept, but, as
every case is decided in full durbar, there is generally some
one present who remembers former decisions ; and, cases being
usually simple and not very numerous, it is possible to ad-
minister justice satisfactorily on these primitive lines, both civil
and criminal cases being disposed of in this manner.
While these conversational trials are being carried on, dinner
is brought in on a number of trays and dishes, some special
dishes being laid before the Mehtar, and the remainder being
placed before the men in durbar. Just a few members of the
Mehtar's family, whose rank is undeniable, are permitted to eat
from the same dish with him ; the rest eat out of the common
dishes placed round the durbar. The meals consist of bread,
rice, and stews of meat ; in the summer fruit is served round,
and the Mehtar and a few principal men have tea. No spirituous
liquor of any kind is served, for the people are Mohammedans.
The food is taken up with the fingers, water being handed
round before and after the meal for washing the hands.
All the time the dinner is being eaten, the Mehtar is
quietly disposing of affairs ; conversation about the cases before
him is kept up, and, perhaps with his mouth full, he will
give his decision in the matter. Often, when Nizam-ul-Mulk
held his durbars by the river, or on a shooting-expedition, a
man would rush up to say there were some duck by the water,
or markhor on the mountain-side, and the Mehtar and his men
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