Burma . poken of as min, which means ruler, prince. The full style of highofficials used to occupy several lines of a document; there were the traditional titlesof the office and territory, the prerogativesgranted by the king, conspicuous amongwhich were the number of red and goldumbrellas allotted to the rank, and theexecutive powers, such as ddbaing, holderof the sword. The last-named symbol wasborne before the officer as arbiter of lower grades of office were, and inmany places still are, hereditary, especiallythat of thadyt, the appointed headman wholevies the taxes from the peopl
Burma . poken of as min, which means ruler, prince. The full style of highofficials used to occupy several lines of a document; there were the traditional titlesof the office and territory, the prerogativesgranted by the king, conspicuous amongwhich were the number of red and goldumbrellas allotted to the rank, and theexecutive powers, such as ddbaing, holderof the sword. The last-named symbol wasborne before the officer as arbiter of lower grades of office were, and inmany places still are, hereditary, especiallythat of thadyt, the appointed headman wholevies the taxes from the people (literallythe poor, sinyithd). The Burmese corre-lative of official is significant; no matterhow wealthy he be, one who holds no officeis a poor man—at the mercy of theasoya. If the rapacity of an official underthe old regime grew intolerable, he incurredthe risk of assassination, without muchlikelihood of being avenged by the centralauthority. The religious aversion to be 377. the city gate (pya-o).. NATIVE GOVERNMENT 167
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