'Some years travels into divers parts of Africa, and Asia the great. Describing more particularly the empires of Persia and Industan: interwoven with such remarkable occurrences as hapned in those parts during these later times. As also, many other rich and famous kingdoms in the oriental India, with the isles adjacent. Severally relating their religion, language, customs and habit: as also proper observations concerning them.' [‎62] (83/448)

6 z Sudden death of the M
Room in his Palace at Dtlly 0 and chawing To much Opium as intoxicated his brains,
hearing the Tinging Boys give notice from a high Tower that it was the time of-Prayer,
the King making more hafte than good fpeed to the Chappel rmft his Itep, fo as he
fell down forty ftairs, by which fall he was bruifed very lore, and after three days
torment dyed j fuch was Homayirfs unhappy end: Neverthelefs he was with due folem-
nity put into his Grave, here called an eternal habitation ; leaving Achhar his Son In
heritor to his greatnefs and mifery. t.-nn.j-r
A M <<22 Echar by help of Btyrmgano-Kmn and Chawn-Channa his ion, having nrit aiiappointed
J. p.'r < 52 fome Plots defigned by Ahdd-chavon to difturb the publick peace of that Kingdom, was
A.Heg.901 zW due Ceremony crowned King in Delly ^ after which, he bent his endeavour
to enlarge his Territories, and make known that he was verily the great-grand-fon of
vidorious Teymirlan. In the firft place he takes revenge of Hemovo 'who had formerly
chafed T nrdichan-, whofe head three months after by mifchance of war coming under
command -of Bader-cham was cut off, and fet up in Delly > which Province thereby was
for fome time quieted. Then by Ally Coolichan he fubdues Boab (by fome called Sanbd)
a Province furrounded by Jeminy and Ganges, the nobleft River in India. At that time
Beyramgano-chan (otherwife called Byram-chan the Ferfian) aging faft, and tyred with the
fopperies of this World, having well difcharged the truft repofed in him by his old Ma
te, and not a little to his comfort obferving in his Pupil a Spirit fitted for the Govern
ment of that Monarchy, obtains leave to fpend the refidue of his time at Mahomets Se
pulchre, in contemplation : But (in his Roomery in the way to Medina) at Pat hang in
Camhaya he was wounded to death by an obfcure flave of his, whofe father he had for
merly ilain fo that by Ahdal Radgee his Son (then not fourteen years old) and a great
and much afflided company this great Captain was brought back to Agray and there ho
nourably buried. JLchar laments his death, though by Tome (how truly I know not)
thought an Agent, but nothing can recover him: And the .better to forget his death
he fpends fome time in building the Caille at Agra which was formerly of mud, but by
him pulled down and fo altered for the better that now it fcarce admits a comparifon
through all Afia •, 'tis of durable ftone, well polifhed; and fo fpacious, that it compre
hends three miles circuit of ground; built upon the pleafant banks of Jeminy, compalfed
• with a ftone wall, moated, and to be entrft by many Draw-bridges, having four ftrong
Gates, fome Bulwarks and Counterfcarps without to make it more defenfive.
Agra. Jlgray (Eaft from Surrat feven hundred and feventy miles Englijh) the Navel of the
Moguls territories, and Emprefsof Cities in Induftan, haszS deg. 38 min. North lati
tude, and is watered by Jeminy (Jomanes in Vliny, Hynamanes in Poly anus his 8. lib. Se-
miramidis) which from Delly glides hither, and commixing with Ganges flows into the
Bengalan Sea. Agra was of old (fay fome, but without good Authority) called Nagra,
and ere that Dionyfia ; whence they imagine 'tvyas founded by Bacchus, Dionyfia being a
compound word taken from Dios Jupiter his liippofed Father and Ny[a his Nurle ^ others
call him Janus, (which caufes fome to imagine he was Noah, looking into the old and
new World, and fo called by reafon of his Vine-planting, in Hebr. Jain fignifying Wine;)
but when this Bacchus lived will be difficult to know, feeing Mdtos fuiffe Liheros, faid
Diod. Sic. Howbeit, Fettiopore till of late (no longer than fifty years ago) bore away
the fame. But otherfome there be imagine it took its name from the Conquering Agra-
darus, as Cyrus was fir ft called, who from his own Name gave feveral places their deno
mination. Others derive it from the River which from hence ftreamspleafant-
ly into Ganges, as Arrian lib' de Indie is called it. Pliny mentions Agra founded by Agar
the Mother of lfmael in Arabia, or India as others *, and fome derive the name from
Agramenes a puiffant Prince who commanded that part of India when Alexander fought
with Porus, as we read in Q. Curt, and others. Neverthelefs, in refped it's built, or
rather increaft fince the Race of Tamerlane came thither, it may probably take its
name from Agora which in the Tartar Tongue lignifies a Town of Carts new built, or
Town of Wood, as Hacluyt,fol. 489. obferves concerning if, and agreeable to the Scy~
thique Towns, who feeing the Tartars have no fixt ftation want not a decorum in rank
ing their .Carts fo as they refemble ftreets orderly difpofed. What ever the name was,
the fhape is femilunary like London: the ftreets are many and long and narrow,but nafty;
the City is leven^miles in circuity in part, walled about, and the Ditch fences the re
mainder . From Agray to Lahore (moft of the way being through a fhade of Trees) are
five hundred miles*, to are reckoned one thoufand; to Afmeer two hundred ;
to Surat feven hundred and feventy, or thereabouts.
Radgee Rana the moft potent and noble prince of India, whofe progenitor was Porus
of the old race ofthe Indians, at this time loft his ftrong Caftle of Chytor, upon this occa-
fion: