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274 THE BEGINNING OF HUMAYUN'S REIGN under Khwaja Amid-al-Mulk, the fire of whose solici- tude inflamed the ovens of the hearts of those who were employed on these works. The duties connected with the wardrobe, kitchen, stable, and other great and important offices belonged to the Hawdl department, and the care of them was entrusted to Khwaja Lutf- Allah. The digging of canals and all the works which related to water and rivers were comprised in the AH department, of which Khwaja Hasam was superintendent. Agriculture, build- ing, the administration of government lands, and some household affairs formed a department which was called Khaki, and this was placed under the management of Khwaja Jalal-ad-din Mirza Beg. Formerly, one of the nobles was ordered to look after each department. Amir Nasir Kuli, for instance, supervised the fire de- partment and he always used to put on red clothes. After his death, Mir Nihal, that cypress of the garden of dignity and grandeur, was appointed to the same duty; but in the days when these pages were written, the supervision of all four departments was entrusted to that most learned man, Amir Wais Mohammad. Another great work of this just and generous king was the city of Dinpanah, a haven of rest for holy men. In the month of Sha'ban, 939 A. H. (1533 A. D.). when the fort of Gwalior became an object of envy to the high revolving heavens because of the royal presence, the great king one night ascended the impe- rial throne, and having ordered all his great courtiers and learned companions to sit down, poured forth from