![‘The travels of Sig. Pietro della Valle, a noble Roman, into East-India and Arabia Deserta. In which, the several countries, together with the customs, manners, traffique, and rites both religious and civil, of those Oriental princes and nations, are faithfully described: In familiar letters to his friend Signior Mario Schipano. Whereunto is added a relation of Sir Thomas Roe’s voyage into the East-Indies’ [‎30] (51/508)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023517141.0x000001/212.d.1._0051.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "‘The travels of Sig. Pietro della Valle, a noble Roman, into East-India and Arabia Deserta. In which, the several countries, together with the customs, manners, traffique, and rites both religious and civil, of those Oriental princes and nations, are faithfully described: In familiar letters to his friend Signior Mario Schipano. Whereunto is added a relation of Sir Thomas Roe’s voyage into the East-Indies’ [‎30] (51/508)")
‘The travels of Sig. Pietro della Valle, a noble Roman, into East-India and Arabia Deserta. In which, the several countries, together with the customs, manners, traffique, and rites both religious and civil, of those Oriental princes and nations, are faithfully described: In familiar letters to his friend Signior Mario Schipano. Whereunto is added a relation of Sir Thomas Roe’s voyage into the East-Indies’ [30] (51/508)
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perfon allotted to ferve him in the prifon, and accordingly went
thither and liv'd with him lb long; as he was there, never ceafing
to perfwade him to marry Nnrn/ahal 's Daughter^that fo he might
be deliver'd from thofe troubles ^ that for her part, (he was con
tent to live with him as a Have, provided fhe faw him free and in
a good condition ^ but he could never be prevail'd with. Thus
he liv'd in prifon with his faithful and dear Wife, till, the malice
of his perfecutors and his Father's anger being wearied, about
two years after he was taken out of prifon, but ftill heldin a
more honourable cuftody. For thefe things. Sultan Ctiofrou re-
main'd always much in the hatred of Kurmahalh who defpairing
, to marry her Daughter to him, gave her to Sultan Scehriar^ as
is abovefaid. Sultan Permz, 0 the fecond Son, is now Governour
of the Kingdom of Eengala at the mouth of Ganges, and lives
peaceably, nor is any news heard of him. Sultan Chorron/j the
third Son, had and hath under his Government that part of
Dacan, which is fubjeft to the Moghol, bur now is about to ufurp
the Kingdom of Guzarat , where I writ thefe things. Sultan
Scehriar hath no Government yet, but'tis faid that he is lately
made Captain of eight thoufand Horfe: Now touching the rebel
lion and the beginning of it •, Sultan Chorrom, after the alliance
that he made with Afaf Chan^ fo wrought by the means of his
Father inlaw, and Numerhal his Aunt, that the King granted
himtheprifoner Sultan Chofrou into his own power, taking him
out of the hands of him that kept him , and committing him to
him to keep, yet with order to ufe him very well and have great
care of him. And this, becaufe C/wmw/ refus'd to go to his go
vernment, and to the war whereunto they fent him, unlefs he
carried Sultan C/w/m* with him, alledging that it was not con
venient that he (hould be abfent from the Court whilft Sultan
Chofrou his competitor and back-friend (tai'd there ^ when he had
got him into his hands, he went to his goverment, and there
kept and treated him honourably a year or two : but afterwards
out of the intention which he always had to remove him out of
his way to thefucceffion of the Kingdom, he being abfent (as
fome fay) fent him poyfon d meats, appointing certain ?)f his
Captains who kept him, to make him eat thofe meats by any
means, either fair or foul. The Captains punctually executed
this order ^ but hec&xxfe Sultan Chofrou^ becommingfufpicious by
t eir importunity to have him eat, would by no means tafteof
thole meats, faying plainly, that they intended to poyfon him 5
the Captains, fince there was no other remedy, and perhaps
having order, leap'd all upon him, and he defended himfelf
bravely till at length having fell'd him to the ground, they
itrangled him with a Bow-ftring. Others fay, that Sultan Char-
rdm himfelf flew him with his own hand publicklv. Be it as it
willj, sultan Chofrou dy'd of a violent death 5 and Sultan Chorram
was dther by hunfdf, or by mediation of others the Mutherer.
Scjph Sehm upon hearing this news, being highly difpleas'd with
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The travels of Sig. Pietro della Valle, a noble Roman, into East-India and Arabia Deserta. In which, the several countries, together with the customs, manners, traffique, and rites both religious and civil, of those Oriental princes and nations, are faithfully described: In familiar letters to his friend Signior Mario Schipano. Whereunto is added a relation of Sir Thomas Roe’s voyage into the East-Indies . Translated from the Italian by George Havers. A dedication, written by Havers to the Right Honourable Roger, Earl of Orrery, precedes the main text. The second part of the volume, A Voyage to East-India with a description of the large territories under the subjection of the Great Mogol , was written by Edward Terry, and not, as the frontispiece suggests, by Sir Thomas Roe.
Publication details: Printed by J Macock for Henry Herringman, London, 1665.
There are pencil and ink annotations in margins of many pages in the volume. The index at the end of the volume is handwritten, and contains entries for: Persia, Portuguize [Portuguese], Surat, Ormuz [Hormuz], Cambay [Khambhat], and Shah Abbas.
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