Preservation of Social Order
When there is no source of power except the Sultan, the community is stable. The Sultan has influence and command, imposed and execute with the honored Taritib and Ijma.
When a despot happens and the Sultan is not personally available to settle it, he sends his Tobao (scarf Headdress) through his emissary and it would be enough to make the parties in suspended the animation and wait until he arrives to settle it.
The Sultan has the power to ask anyone within his territory to come for questioning, for punishment if he committed an offense, for anything that is for the interest of his people. He only needs to beat his gong and it enough for the people to come to him.
When a buffalo is stolen from the hand of another area, it becomes his duty to recover and restore it the owner.
When a conflict from different Sultanate occurred, it was the duty of another sultan to come and talk to them for peaceful settlement. The common practice used by the sultan in settling Ridos even until now is tracing of the family lineage of the concerned parties with the ultimate end that both parties are relatives either by affinity or by consanguinity, Kambabatabata-a (blood relations) Kapamagongowa (friendship) Kapamagadata (respect), and others of the forefathers are being recalled and in most cares it is followed by flowing of tears of all those present in the scene.
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