superintendent of justice in Persia, whose place is the last of the six ministers of the second rank, who are all under the athemadouler or first minister. To this tribunal of the divan-beghi he appeals from sentences passed by the governors. He has a fixed stipend of 50,000 crowns for administering justice. All the sergeants, ushers, &c. of the court are in his service. He takes cognizance of the criminal causes of the chams, governors, and other great lords of Persia, when accused of any fault. There are divan-beghis not only at court and in the capital, but also in the provinces and other cities of the empire. The alcoran is the sole rule of his administration of justice, which also he interprets at pleasure. He takes no cognizance of civil causes; but all differences arising between the officers of the king's household and between foreign ministers are determined by him.