'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.' [‎67] (88/448)

Elabafle built. Eajl-India. ' .
fifty cubits high, little lefs under ground as thevfav to make ir firm an,I
bly fixt there tor oftentation by Alexander or Lcclm 5 P
WhofeconqueflsMough the Orient arertnowrfd, , L .
Where tawny India is by Ganges hound., ns 11 yiaus ^
Derolor extremo qua cingitur India Gange.
Port goes couldnever efftft''lb^ 1 ^fslittk e i^^n l a > dored. 1Ca Near 38
our feeing the ftately Tomb which Jmrheer built for his firft Wife
fiiZ oironrf tet rdf '°' m '• ■~ ivtd ■ h ° "r™
The Moguls affairs lucceeding thus fortunately, no clouds appearing, Echar bro^h
es new Chimera s, and fanc.es the entire conquelt of P.rop, C^LwXeaof a l
BmgaUo the South j and to ftretch his Empire North as far as T™ V fother
which, Ik hears, that Ahdd-cami, Son and Heir to Skander-chan King of
(part of Tartary) was coming to Feu,fore to give him a friendly vifit: He prevents Da«
ot his joumcy and meets him at ZMre :where there wanted no ceremony to content the
Prince, who after aftprt ftay returned home with fatisfaftion! News at £
time being brought King AMarthat Mrz* in Bad.rar, had been injured bv the
Oniieg Tartar-, theKing, relolves to vindicate him: but firit, as more confiderable
bends tas march towards that he migl^t at once command entirely over
At Aneek. he mufters and orders his Army : to Rajea Byrmiel he difpofes one part to
J^n-oamanother, to himfelfthe,third. Byrmiel leads the Van, and out-ftrip&he
Army falls funoufly upon the Patm.ans, who by their Lieutenant General zSv are
received with no lefs bravery, but anfwer blow for blow, fo long, and with fuch fuc
t0 retreat with lofs ; fo as Ecbar by fuch as fled having
quick notice of it, at firft the news put him into a rage*, but Reafon having got the nw"
ftery of Paffion, rallies his men, and with frefhfupplies makes a quick return; andtav-
rlfrffiX p a A if C ^ arg P tyZel-AUyand his late vidorious party, after fome hours
clofe fight, Echar having far the greater Army, had the dayfirft, and then
Turcofi the Lieutenant General were flam, and fifteen thoufand of the Army left dead
E h P v, Ce i t by i tas ^"hrow the rich and noble Province of was totally
lubjeded, which to this day remains a member of the large Empire. This hanni!
ly effeded, • the conqueft oi Kandahor is next defigned: to which end, hearing of a
variance at that time hapmng 'twixt the two Princes and ^(fonsofMr^
Beyram the Kandahr Governour) and the Perfian •, he confederates with the two young
Sif T I t w u fivetll 1 ourand Horfe thither, who at midnight were ler
T ^ p W r y J tW0 r r , e . thre , n ' an , d the Cit y made a Vaflal of Empire. But
Aba, the Perfian King not liking his enlargement that way, foon recovered it from the
Indian. Ecbars Ambition neverthelefs grows boundlefs; fo he can overcome,he cares
rte 0 ' ? re TA" 6 " ^£ 0r ' he 5 ing ofthe old Kin g of death, not-
withftanding his pretended friendlh'p to his Son, he covets to become his Succeflbr. And
, ' 1:0 difcover their ftrength, he fends T^edder-cawn and Hacheem-cawn his Ambaila-
an am ' cab ] ecolorlr ofcondoling and comforting AbduUawn for his
r,f,A VI I' U- y ^r e1 ^ return weI1 mftrufted: but die great referves the
p actick part unto himfelf. For perceiving interpoling, and at that inftant not
mder his power, he fends Ally MirxA in Ambaflie to Jufiof cavm (a fearful King) with this
e lliat if he with his Son would come to Lahore and do him homage, he fliould have"
ms^Seigmory eftablilhed, and by that Alliance his power at all times would be ready to
aetend him : if other wife he would refer it to the chance of War, he muft exped a perpe-
tual liavery. King affrighted at this threat, and doubting his power, haltes
antiy to Ecbar-, and becomes his Vaflal: Howbeit Jacob-cavon his Son being of more fpi-
nt, and not able longer to diffemble, without leave returns home, followed by fuch as
loved him: fo that he quickly expels the Indians out of the City, and is acknowledged King:
But Ins Halcyon days were offmall continuance ", for Echar orders
chmnwith thirty thoufand Horfe to haften after him; fo as the young King not daring up
on equal terms to adventure battel flies to the high Mountains of whither alfo
i-aj!em-cawn, direfted by fome Natives, fo hotly purfues, that they became mafters of thofe
. whence J acob flies to Sirhenaker in Caftmer, but thither alfo they follow him, where
neither Itrength in men nor walls were fufficient to repel, but indefpightofboth heista-
Ken, and forced to bend under the iron yoke of bondage. K 2 Caffmer