This diary spans the period of 1 January, 1916 to 31 December, 1916, with entries for almost every day of the year, and with certain words, phrases, or dates written in, what appears to be, Urdu, one of the coofficial languages in the general area today. The inside cover has a quote from the Bible and the back pages contain random notes, many of them in Urdu. In the court, Nazim seemed to have worked closely with the Hakim (see, for example, the 20 January, 1916 entry). One of their usual duties was doing Shamlat work, which seems to have been suicide investigation (see, for example, 20 January, 18 June, and 2 December, 1916 entries). In Januray Nazim was busy with marriage arrangements. The ceremonies commenced on Saturday, 12 February, and continued through Monday, when a very large dinner for 1000 persons was given. After the wedding, the Nazim gave away parcels of sweets to the guests, a great example of the gift-giving nature of the Indian culture. Common gifts were shawls, baskets of oranges and melons, and golden watches (The January entries contain prices of gold and rolled gold watches.). H.E. the Viceroy visited Jodhpur on 25 February 1916 and the Hakim made the necessary arrangements to guard the railway line. H.E. passed through the area on several other occassions throughout the year and the Nazim helped with the arrangements. On 26 February, the diary relays, H.H. the Maharaja of Jodhpur was invested with full powers by the Viceroy. On 22, 23, and 25 June, as well as 1, 3, 4, and 25 July, the Nazim mentioned "wife" and "wife and children". They lived with his father in Jaiphur, who seemed to have excercised authority over them. From subsequent entries, one finds out that Nazim's wife suffered from problems connected to her reproductive system. According to the 2 December entry, one of the diagnoses was "derangement in the womb." She, the Nazim, and their son were trying to decide on an appropriate doctor under whose care she should be placed. Another glimpse into Nazim's personal family life is offered by the entry from 21 July, in which he mentions the contents of a certificate regarding his son, Hargobind. The certificate reads that Hargobind was the son of "M. Radha Mohan lal Nazim and magistrate of Sambhar", that he was a resident of Sherkot, that his family owned much real property and was very respectable. Hargobind was offered a paid position by the Inspector General of Hospitals as surgeon at the Medical College Hospital and accepted it, but stipulated that he was willing to work without remuneration (23 July). At another point in the diary, the Nazim mentioned meeting Hakim Indermul, who lived in Jodhpur at the time, with whom he had attended the Jaipur College. One finds out from this diary how important salt was to this region of India. The treaty between the Jodhpur Princely State and Britain specified regular payments by the Salt Treasury in Sambhar (see 5 June for a list of officers) to the Council in Jodhpur. This points to the Jodhpur State being a larger Princely State in India, as such States had treaties with Britain that specified which rights the princes had. Nazim wrote about salt samples for "supplying (...) the state" on 6 June, 1916.The Treasury seemed to have been the main source of income for the Council, which regularly sent payment orders to the Treasury via Nazim's court. The Treasury relayed the treaty payment money through Nazim's court, where clerks recorded their currency denominations and their numbers, a requirement by the clerks of the Treasury in Jaipur. Subsequently, the money was personally delivered to Jaipur, very often by the Nazim himself (see 27 and 28 January, 1916). Further, it seems that a portion of Nazim's personal income came from promissory notes bought from the Sambhar Treasury and other sources. On 20 September, Nazim wrote that he "realized from the Sambhar Treasury 8.4.0. on account of interest on [his] pro note" and on 6 December he "applied [...] to the Treasury officer [...] to convert [his] 3 1/2 % Pro note for 500- into 4% conversion loan." Nazim mentioned several court cases - a stolen property case, a criminal murder case, a rape case, into which he wanted to inquire in Phalera on 14 July, a Shamlat affair about which he had to see the Minister, and a criminal case of death of Gangla (?) Brahman, a high profile case likely going to be put before His Highness (2 July). There was a cholera outbreak in July and August that affected Jaipur and Sambhar. The 1916 diary, for example, mentions the area's cricket teams, various diseases from which people were suffering and mourning customs. He attended "the birthday Jalsa" in Sambhar in August, which most likely referred to an ordinary holiday or some regular day of public parties, festivities (nowadays speakers of Urdu use "Jalsa" to mean `procession`, `public rally`, and `public gathering`.) This Jalsa started at 9:30 pm and finished at 3 am in the morning. The December entries contain no mention of Christmas.