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The imperiaJ camp, with the establishments of the emperor and his nobles, the large number of army officers and the mansabddrs, a multitude of domestic servants and camp followers, presented the spectacle of a well-planned city under canvas moving from place to place.
According to Bernier, · t his entry irito the camp by different routes was not "accidental but deli- berate," because the nobleman whose quarters lay onthe way came out always to pay homage with handsome presents.
Moreover, a fringe of great pearls hung in "ropes a foot deep" ( Roe, 323-324, The Embassy of Sir Thomas Roe to the Court of the Great Mughal, William Foster, Hakluyt Society Publications).
e measured by means of ropes attached to _the shoulders of two men~ ~rops~fr~tf;:p, z~ (Commentary of Father Monserrate on his journey to Akbar'» _Co·urt),"M~dy/ i1,'~7~ ( The Travels of Peter Mundy, Vol ii, edited Richard Carnac Tempie,: Rakl~t.
For illustration refer to "Ain-i-Akbari, English, i, plate 10, p.
t'<v TENTS OF NOB LES IN THE CAMP Around the emperor's quarters were pitched the tents of various noble• men and their retinue, according to their ranks, either on the left or on the right.
" As a mark of respect all their tents in the camp faced the emperor's quarters.
Roe writes that the circumference or the compass of the emperor's quarters was about half an English mile ( Roe, 325, The Embassy of Sir Thomas Roe to the Court of the Great Mughal; William Foster, Hakluyt Society Publications).