| An office established by early Abbasides to
manage the expenditure of the state as they related to the
requirements of the court. It dealt with the salaries of the court
officials, provisions, construction and repair of royal buildings
and care of stables. As many of the expenses in this department
went to the retinue of the khalifah, it was also called diwan
al-ahsham. It was divided into majalis al1lln', the place where
the pay of the ahsham was disbursed, the majalis al-inzal from
where the household of. the khalifah was financed and where
accounts were settled with the merchants, who paid in the wazifah,
and where the natural products grown upon the governmental diya
were delivered and controlled. It also had majalis al hawadith
responsible for extraordinary expenses. |
