'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.' [‎277] (300/448)

The T urk beaten by the Portugal, W Delementlies.
jhn, with all thofe adjacent Countreys that confine the North of Arabia: inafmuch as with
very little refiftance they became Matters alfo of the Ifle and Town of Balfora, and con
fequently of the Rivers and Euphrates, which gave them a defirable pi ofped into"
the gulph of Perfia, with fome further hopes of all thofe Regions that extend as far as
Mm , and that they might have tke opportunity of requiting Tamerlanes Ifliie for that
memorable lois they luitered at Mount Stella under Bajaz,et. In order thereunto the
Grand Signior forthwith appointed a great quantity of timber to be cut in Cilkia now
called Caraman, and {hipped it thence for Pekfam and Cairo, whence by Camels it was
drawn to Suez., where a Navy confining of an hundred Veffels great and linall was mlhort
fpace built and fitted for Sea. Which was no fooner made ready, but he appoints Solv-
mm BaiFa to put ten thoufand fouldiers aboard at the Port of Mocha, and coafting the
South of Arabia to endeavour the furprize of Bin : thofe were his Inftruaiions. Which
great deiign how fecretly foever it was managed was feafonably communicated to the
Portugal in whofe hands the Caftle was, albeit they pretend they had no notice until the
Fleet was difcovered near the place: fo that albeit they could not fo well provide againit
their landing as they would, yet the Turks being alhore and marching immediately towards
the Fort which without a fummons they rudely ftormed, were fo gallantly repulfed bv
the Portugal that many Turks there breathed their laft: and finding that the Gallle was
neither fo weakly mann'd nor flanker^ as they were made believe, and that l^Ponmah
were in a gallant pofture of defence but which moft amated them the Mahometans there
abouts gave them little encouragement to ftay, the Frigats from feveral parts alfo im
bodying threatned to intercept them in their return, thofe and other confiderations not
onely haftened them aboard out made them hoife fail: for all which they were fo well bea
ten by tl^e Portugal, that a great part of the Fleet was funk and difperfed, fo as few of
them came fafe back to Aden ; thofe that got afliore near Muscat and other parts of Ara~
hia being alfo ( according to the uiual cuftom of War after ill fuccefs,) fo courfelv enter
tainedby the Natives, that not above one third of the number got back to Aden. A fuc"
cefs fo grateful to the Per fan that he congratulated the Chriftians •, and the Mo^ul expref-
fed the like fence, altogether difliking fuch a neighbourhood as the Turks
Solyman heartily vext, neverthelefs thought fit to dilfemble this lofs thebeft he could
and therefore draws all the Horfe he had out of Dyarhec and Car mania, with which he
fell fo unexpededly into Media that he entred Tabriz before Tamas-fiaw could be in a
poiture to refift. Molt miferably was that poor City ufed by the enraged Turk, albeit
no oppofition was made ^ for not content with plunder, they cut down their fruit-trees
and trees for fhade, fpoil'd all their delightful Gardens, yea levelled with the ground*
the Kings Palace and fuch other Houfes of the Nobility as might beft exprefs their malice *
and then laden with fpoil marched back to Caramit in Dyarhec, where for Ibme time thev
relied, and ruminating further mifchiefs, the Turkilh trade.
Tamas and the Perfian Nobility Miciently incenfed, were not idle in the mean time to
find means to retaliate; For having ordered Delementhes ( one that had many times enga- •
ged the Turks) with fix thoufand Horfe to follow clofe in the rear, he fo galled them
with continual alarms that Ebrahim-Bajfa not well enduring becaufe not formerly ac
quainted with fuch a bravado made a ftand, and near to Bethlis (then a Perfian Garrifon)
drew up with a refolution to fights and well might, being upwards of two hundred
thoufand Horfe and Foot; notwithftanding which inequality the Perfian Horfe taking the
opportunity of the darknefs of night fell into their Enemies quarters with a mighty noife
as if they had been treble the number, feconding that with fuch courage and good or
der as the Turks by this unexpeded alarm after a little refiftance fell into great confu-
fion, inafmuch as at length they fled whither they apprehended they could bell fecurc
themfelves: In the purfuit five Sanziacks, eight hundred Janizaries, and twenty thou
fand private fouldiers were flain, forty pieces of Cannon taken, Vlm-heg the Perfian Re
bel and the two Baffa's narrowly efcaping, but what moft madded old Solyman,t\iQy took
his Seraglio which was then mounted upon Camels backs and were Beauties he not a
little doated on. A Vidory not more joyous to the Perfian, ( for 'tis annually celebraced
upon the third and tenth of OMun^than vexatious to the Turkj and of that influence,
as Ehrahim the great Bafla from thence-forward declined iii his Mailers favour : for
unwilling that the BafTa fhould in hello hisycccare he firil remanded him to Court, and then
fo ordered, that without feeing his face, he was immediately ftrangled by a Mute, who
furprized him deeping. By that delinquency the vaft wealth he had heaped together
whiles he was a Favorite and in great command, was. then alfo feized by Solyman, who
prefented a great part of it to his chief delight th^fair Roxellana, who (the truth is)
for his fiding with Muflapha againft her Son, had principally contrived and after this
manner efFeded this late great Baffa's - deltrudion. About