The high middle platform is the Sultan's throne, and below it, on the right side, is the throne of the scholars, and to his left is the throne for the nobles, jurists, and dignitaries. And in front is a wide saddle. When the Sultan wishes to sit for a general council, or to meet with ambassadors of kings, or on a day of joy and celebration, his throne is adorned with the Zardakhana for the Qadi. A chair is placed in the aforementioned location, with a silk cushion on it, and the Sultan sits in his splendor. The scholars, jurists, and nobles sit around him. His two viziers stand before him, known as the two trusted ones. The chief of his translators stands before him, close to him. The six translators stand before the first translator, with a short distance between each pair so that each pair of translators can hear the one next to them clearly. The Kuriya stand in a row behind him, and the keeper of the register, the teacher. The Sultan's slaves, and those in charge of his affairs and his anger, stand behind the people. The remaining officials sit, each in his designated place. The King of the Maujiya stands close to the first translator. The council is organized, and we have described its arrangement. As for the customs of the evening, refer to it. If the Sultan sits in the evening, his council is brief, or it resembles the council of the elders of the tribe, in which he sat as a child. And only [those] stand before the Sultan.