'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.' [‎69] (90/448)

Trince Morad's death. Lahore Ea(l~lndia t
Merrily the youthful Prince advances thither-ward •, but during his ftay in Brampore
gave fuch liberty to his venereous and drunken difpofition, that his radical vigour foon
became fpent, his lungs confumed, and death gave the period to his confumption. StiMen
This fudden farewel ftruck the Army with fuch amazement, that many Umbraes(to death of
avoid the fufpicion of his Father) fled, ^ not caring to inhume the carcafs. Ecbar j> r i nce
having quick intelligence of this iad accident, though he was pretty well acquaint- Morad*
ed with his Sons debauchery, yet will not be perfwaded but they had poifoned
him: and for better information, his Chancellor (the Princes School-mailer) Ahdnl
Faz.el is difpatched ^ who (finding the dead Prince his own confumer) prudently
aflemblies Gangama, Jttftoff~chan 7 T^adokcMamet-chan, Mima Tzarof^, and luch other
Umbraes as were at hand: he calls back fuch as had fled for fear, and then fatisfies
Ecbar where the fault was, and being commilTioned by the King, undertakes the
Princes charge, having firft fent the dead body to Delly to be buried. In fmalltime he
liibdues the Provinces of Chandys ex Sanda, Berar, and many other wealthy places ;
and by Letters acquaints the King with his luccefs, defiring him to forfake Lahore a
while, (having fpent twelve Winters and Summers there, ) and remove his Court
to the City of Agray? which fo long languifhed by his abfence*, further putting him
in good hopes in fmall time to fubjed and add Decan, Gulgunda (by the Perfians
called Hy drab an, ) fifiapore, and other parts of India to his Empire. Ecbar in the
interim orders his Son Shaw Selym (afterwards called Janghecr) with fifteen thoufand
Hoffe to fall upon Rajea Rana Mardom , the only fucceflbr to Torm, and of all Radgees
the molt powerful and eminent: T&ebber Chan follows the Prince with five thou-
fandHorfe, Sha Coolichan Maharem with three thoufand ■, Radgee Shagenat (Favorite He ^ 9 7^
afterward to J^^r) with three thoufand more and many other llmbraes and Man-
cebdars of note attended him with what Forces they could *, which being brought
into a body, the Mogul bids Lahore farewel for fome time, and according to Abdul Panels
advice, removes both Court and Lefcar unto Agray *, into which he was received
with all demonftration of joy could poifibly be exprefTecSj the Citizens fuppoling
he came by his refidence to inrich the Town, when as indeed his aim was to gain
there quicker intelligence from the Army, and that he might profecute his intended
War the better againft the King of Decan, Lahore in the mean time forrows for his
departure.
Lahore (a City both great and famous) is competitor for the Title of Metropolis with Lahore*
Agray: The Pole Artick there advanced 32 degrees 15 minutesj the air for eight
months is very pure and reilorative •, the ftreets graceful and well paved •, moft of them
being cleanfed and ferved by the Riv^r Ravee, a branch of Indw, which from Penjab
and the Cajfmyrian mountains ftreams pleafantly near this City, and after a flux of three
thoufand Englijh miles, the Channel all the way being deep enough for Junks of three-
fcoreTun, at Tmta in one broad ftream near Dinl at 23 degrees 15 minutes empties
it felf into the Ocean. In Lahore are many things obfervable i as the Caftle, Palaces,
Mofques, Hummums, Tanks, Gardens,^. The Caftle is large, uniform, and
nobly feated*, the material itone, white and polilhed *, entred by twelve Pofterns, three
of which relped the Town, the reft the Country : Within is a Palace entred by two
Gates, giving paflage into two Courts ^ the laft of which points out two ways *-> one to
the Kings Durbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). and Jarneo where according to cuftom he daily (hews himfelf unto
his people, the other to the JDevon-Kawn where every evening from eight to eleven he
difcourfes with his Umbraes. On the wail are pidured fundry ftories and paftimes, viz,
Jangheer (otherwife call Sha Selym) crofs-legg'd upon a Carpet under a State, his Son
Perwees being on the right hand with Curroon and Tymoret his brothers, Dhan Shaw and
Sha Morad *, about him are Emir^a Sheriff, Can Afoms elder Brother, of flich wealth and
pride, that having above an hundred Concubines, he new clad them every day, and every
night tearing their apparel off, buried them in the ground MirzJn Rufian (once King of
Candah&r) Can Channa, Rajea Manifengh, Can Afam, AJfaph Can and Radgee Jngonath or
Gaginet (the Craffks of India, for at his death he left Jangheer as a Legacy fixty Mawnds of
pure Gold, each Mawnd being five and twenty pound weight, which in ours amounts to
near fixty thoufand pound Sterling, and three hundred Elephants richly covered, with
other things *, at whofe death his Wives, Sifter, Nephew, and feven other friends burnt
themfelves (for complement) alive in his funeral fire :) And on the left hand are
Bouftng Fly-fcarer, Rajea Randas Sword-bearer, Mocrib-Chah Jefter, Rajea Rodorow, as alio
the Radgees Ranftngh, Manfmgh, Berfmgh, and Bojfcii, See. In another Goozelchan
(near the former) is painted the Mogul under a cloth of State crofs-legg'd upon Car
pets j upon the Doors of which are the Images of the Crucifix and of the blefled
Virgin