'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.' [‎108] (129/448)

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Colony of Greeks, little credit is given. O m ntm Cumm acknowledges that the Red-fea
took its name from Erythrcut the King. AW ,
tmHruhne mum crJhant •, whence it was that the ignorant gave out that the water was
red. But Pomvcnim MeU labours to falve it by this diltindion; fi.
nus diwditxr, Arahicum & F erf cum, in q the like,
brum in duos fmM divifum eft: is qui ah onente Fcrfcm , ex adverfo mde
rMa, vocamr Arahicm. From which amphibology it doubtlefs is that W^, S»W and
others mifreport, that Tigris and Euphrates empty themfelves at M/oramto the Red-fcaj
being well known that they run into the Perfian gulph, called Elcanph and Mefendm
bv fome, which to the Red-fea has Arabia f and part of mterpofing. So that
by what I have faid it may appear thefe two great gulphs in their terms were conver-
anitible. Thefe two famous Rivers are in namethemoft ancient we have many ftory; Di
Euflmis. v i n e Writ inftruds us that they ftreamed through Paradife, both of them nfing out of
Taww were called Periardc-, Vmfontefe 5 .
nia, Saluft. In their flux through (which towards was called
chiL) towards Sufiam Sittacene (from the City and twixt
the Altars of Hercules, near which Babylon was fcituate, conftitutmg that Region which
bv the Greek* was thence called Mefopotamia, and after fix days
nalfaee by boat from Baedat ( where the ftream is not broader than the Thames at
Gravefendl) mixing again at Gurneh the Channel becomes four miles broad i whence in a
friendly and uninterrupted courfe they flow to Mefqmd-Ally where, as it were by con-
fent, the third and laft time dividing themfelves^ they compaft that Ine we now call
Balfora (Tendon in Ptolomy , maftered by the over-fpreading Turk^ about an hundred
Years fince) at the end of which Ifle under 30 degrees 30 mm. m two wide mouths they
emptey themfelves into the Perfian gulph, which calls the Babylonian Sea-, and
under 24 degrees endlelly wander by being fwallowed up in the vaft Indian Ocean.
Having Efficiently llray'd, return we now to Ormm ; which albeit by the Greeks it fig-
nifies Portm a Haven, Vnde nant<c dicantur hormuzare, i.e. Nav em anchor U inflruere-, 1 pre-
fume was fo named by Sha Mahomet Dramki an Arabian Dinaft, that A. D. 700. croffed
■over from Kofiac in Mogeftan, (AUrgaflan of old) to Jafques in Carmania-y a place hatefull
to MirzjtBahadin the 14th King after, who for molt quiet removed an, Dom. 1312.
of the He?. 692. to this Ifle, and from that Harmnz. (part of Maceta) which is 12 leagues
from/CAci^wkerehispredecefibrs dwelt, fo named it. From which time to this it has
been diifcurbed: firft,by Joonjhay the Perfian King flain by Vfun Cajfan^ who for pearls
broke through Lar 0 and forced Melee Nozjomadin into Arabia *, and again it was recove
red hvMir^a Codhadin five years after, viz. 1488. But long flept not fofor Alphonfi*
jilbiiquerq fubjeded it to Emanuel his Mafter,onely fullering Zedfadin the titularie Prince
to enjoy the Title and a fmall penfion.
Yet to do her all the right 1 can, I {hall remember fuch Princes as have ruled here.
Sha Mahomet Dramki is the firft I find, who in the 80 year of the Heg. of Chrift 700. left
his Seat at Jman in Arabia, and fat down at Calciat upon the ihore ^ but difliking it, re
moved to Coflac in Mogeflan (fix and twenty leagues from Jafques) and there built a City
which he called Ormu^ from whence part of Arabia took name. To him fucceeded S0-
liman-i to him I&achan, to whom Mahobet 2. Shawran~fhm, (who bequeathed the Crown
to his Nephew) Emer-fta~bedin~Molwjr,whofe Daughter and heir married Seyfadin-Aben-
£z,er Son toA/ly-jhasv Lord of Keys llland. The Crown( they wanting Iflue) then came to
Sha~Bedin Mahomet his Coufin*, to whom followed Rocnadin Mamnt Hamets Son, who dy
ing An.Dom. 1278. left the Rule to his Infant Son Seidfadin Nocerat, who was flain by his
Brother Morad or Mafad eleven years after ^ he being forced to fly into Kermaen, not
able to withftand his Brothers Servant Mir Bahadin: Mir Bahedin Ayaz. or Ben-Seifin Ben-
Cabadin is in like manner forced to flie, unable to refift the Turks Morat brought againit
him, fo that with many of his friends (fuch efpecially as hated the Tyrant) he removed to
Kijhmy •, but not well liking the place, he rofe thence and fits down at this Ifle (or
wood) Jforotta fome name it, fortified and (from the other) named it Ormu^ in the year
15 12. of the Heg. 692^0 whom fucceeds a Man of Noble QXtr :adiionEmir~Az.adin~£OHrdan~
Jhaw j to him his Son Mabarez,adin~babron~jha a brave Prince, yet fell by the Axe of trea
chery which ftrook him with ; who had like retaliation by the late
. Princes youngeft Brother Mir^a-Codbadin, banifhed by his CovtixiMelec No^amedin, at
whofe dzzthr Codbadin returned and fwayed the Ormufian Scepter, and at his death lert
all to Taca-Turanfta a vidorious Prince, yet by death Anno 1488. conquered *, to whom
fucceeded Mozad-jha Bedin-, Salger-jha, Shawez,, and laftly Safadin or Zedfadin 2' fubduea
by Albuquerq An, 1507. who caufed him to be ftrangled. After which Nor dim y Cojea-
turCy