'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.' [‎66] (87/448)

6 6 The ftrongCafile Kotos taken by firatagem.
to his Seraglio, which was in two hundred Doolaes or Cajuaes, asif he were going up
on a ourney into BengaU. In this order paffing on, when he came within view ot the
Cal e he ihewsa W his Concubines, and bribes him to procure leave of the Lord
above,' that in regard of his hafte he might with fafety leave his Seraglio there till
his return: The meffage being delivered, (who loved women well) entertains
the motionand AUy-cam imparting the fecret to a prudent Eunuch, difrobes the
women, and with the,? apparel cloaths himfelf and the four hundred youths, command-
ins the women to put on mafcnline attire and to continue the journey toOnxa ; accord
ingly the Eunuchs twelve in number, with Bows and Arrows guard the Seraglio, and by
the Raines command are received (like horfe into wretched )
cam giving the word, the Doolaes were no fooner difmounted, but that thereout illued
the Amuumes in the firlt place they fecure the Porters of the Cattle Gate, then with
incredible fpeedaifail the aftoniihed Inhabitants, whom without much refiftance they
tookprifoners, and in the end the Raigu himfelf, whom (to prevent excufe) they be-
headed. By this Stratagem the Caftle Kotos was won, which was not to be taken by all
the hoftile force of/W^. EcUr entertains the news and manner of furpnze with incredi
ble delight •, and joys the more in his belief, when he views that mafs of ttealure which
wasfenthim thence by Ally-cawn to confirm the truth of that conqueft. After which the
w, invincible Caftle Jeloore was by Gidney-cam an Apoftate Mahometan zho betrayed to the
'iahen. Month though to his own brothers confufion. The fame whereof afflids many Princes of
the Rajeas y each of them labouring to conferve their own againft this over-lpreading
Tdrtar : to which purpofe fome couragioufly defie his greatnefs, of which,rank was
Root Mathii y a Lady both fair and valiant 5 who albeit her Beauty was more forcible to
fubdue than any Arms fhe could manage, neverthelefs {he confides more in her Lance
than Beauty: fo that animating her party, {he vigorouily falls into the Moguls Domini
ons ; but in the midft of her carrier e was encountred by Adam-cawriy an expert Souldier
who with his body of Horfe fo furioufly oppofed her, that moft of her Pan am (or Put-
tans as fome call them) in that skirmilh were cut off, no quarter being given any but her
felf; who rather than endure the lhame of her imprifonment, the aifault of her chaftixy,
or thofe feoffs they probably would have entertained her with, put a period to her life
bypoifon. Majojfer-cam, in the mean time, this year 1588. of the Hegira 968. being
in GuuHtat, hatches a confpiracy againft 'Echar , and in the firft place ftrangles Gotohdas
Mamet-cawn the Kings viceroy in Amadahat and fome Ombraees, he then feizes upon
all advantageous places for the ftrengthening of his Rebellion : But by Abdal Radgee
(Beyrangano-cams fon) is no fooner oppofed than vanquifhed v and fearing to obtain
pardon, deftroyed himfelf in like fort as did the late nam'd Amazon. The report
of whofe death was no fooner bruited but the fame alfo of Mirza Mahomet Hackim
(Brother to Echar) his death occafions Echar to afTure himfelf of Cahdy which during
Hackim5 life was impoffible to be compaffed *, but ufing with all kind refpedhis Wives
and Children, he conferred upon Chahec-cawn Hamethcg and Mamet Maxuen-cawn^ large
llipends and commands in Mefalipatan, Orixa and other places, fuitable to their me
rit. At the fame time Zehber-cawn (late Prefident of Kabul) and famoufed for his
vidory that year againft Maxuen-cavcny Bama-cavon and other Rebels in Bengal a) was
made Viceroy of that Province, and Radzia Thormiel called to Fettipore, fuch time as
Radgee Ramgiend Lord of Bando (a Province adjoyning Agra, redundant only in fand
and ftones) by perfwafion of Radgee Bhyrmiel prefents himfelf to Echar at Fettipore,
and inrolls his Countrey as a member or x appendix of the Moguls great Seigniory j by
whofe example fundry other petty Gentile Kiegsfubmitted themfelves unto Echar, and
yearly (as a lymbole of their fubjedion) prefent him befides Earth and Water their
Daughters to be his Concubines to the a grateful tribute: and for their better
fatisfadion to court them in, at Traije (an hundred and ten courfe from Agra r Chry-
foborca'mPUny, by fome Nifaa) raifes a triumphant Palace upon a Promontory where
Jemmy empties her felf into Ganges', the material thereof is hard ftone artificially polifh-
Elahaffe anc ^ ca ^ s lt Elabajfe in nothing more obfervable than a deep dark cave, in which
builded. are preferv'd (as reliques) divers deformed Pagotha's, ridiculouily by them fuppofed
to be Babba Adam-, Mamma Evah, Seth, Enojh and Methufelah, whom they affirm lived
here *, and to whom (from moft parts of India) refort innumerable Bannyans for bene-
didion: firft purifying themfelves in Ganges (reputed holy, and no doubt excellent,
for we find that a pint of Ganges water weighs lefs by an ounce than any other water
thereabouts) and ihaving off their hair as an unclean excrement, fuppofe that thereby
they have merited: the whole, is furrounded with a triple wall, the firft, being of
fquare red ftones and higheft raifed, theinmoft, of white ftone, retaining an Obelisk