The Portuguese in the Sea of Oman

_ 381 _ braid for edging the turbans he wears on his head; and firty azars for the making of caps to protect against the cold. And on clothes for his wives, maidservants and female slaves, fifteen leques. On two festivals which his herdsmen celebrate, on which occasion he provides food for some people, four leques. Three leques on the moan-festivals in May and September, celebrated by his priests. Twenty leques on the particular occasions when the King goes hunting at a place on the island called Turum Begh, as he provides food for his hunting companions. On falcons, hawks and on hawkers, whom he maintains in Moghistan, nine leques. Two leques and four azars on a vegetable-garden he has in a place called Broko. Fifteen leques which he spends on horses; and thirty-six leques for their fodder, and on the maintenance of pasture for them in the grassy season. One leques on horseshoe and one on bridles, harness and on ordinary saddles for the slaves who train the horses to use when riding. Fifteen leques on horses which he habitually gives to pertain noblemen of Moghistan. Ten leques in gratuities for parsons of his household; ten more for the widows of his officials, and five for other

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