'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.' [‎282] (305/448)

iSz Muftapha-Baffa
albeit ^Georgian Prince with his party made a better retreat: but which was of moft
import, the General himfelf was taken Prifoner and under a Guard fent. to Eru-
mm, and the T^rkrefufrng both ranfome and exchange fo continued for three years, un-
tiil at length he made an efcape, fuch time as Ferrat-Baffa invaded Perfia.
Hajfan-aga being now Matter of the Field advanced to Tefhlis for the feafonable re
lief of many half ftarved Men: whence, continuing his march towards Derhem, the
Georgian Prince with a fmart party of Horfe gave the Enemy fo unexpeded a charge in
their Rear and with fuch admirable courage, as the Tw^was firft difordered and then
put to plain flight. Haffan and Ofman again making life of their Spurs, left their
Men to the mercy of the Perftan Swords ^ but their Train and Treafureas a due unto
their valour, and a teftimony of that memorable defeat. At Tefhlis old Myflapha
had taken up his quarter, intending to follow Hajfan with the reft of his farce : but
when Hajfan himfelf brought the Balfa the firft tidings of this lofs, fo great was the
old Mans paffion that he had forthwith caufed him to be ftrangled had not his taking
the Perftan General Prifoner, and no lefs, his relation to the grand Vifier, been good
arguments in his behalf.
This difafter, and the approaching Winter,put Mnflapha upon new refolutions: fo that
inftead of profecuting his Inllrudions which were to fall upon Shervan with Fire and
Sword, he difpofedhis whole Army into Winter-quarters •, fo divided that it would re
quire A booklet formed of a single gathering of nested bifolia. fome time to rendezvous *, the Perfians by that gaining a breathing time and fpace to
prepare againft the Spring. But Amurath the great TV^had no fooner notice of the
little effectual progrefs his old Favourite had made (his Enemies at Court alfo repre-
fenting every thing in the worft drefs) that albeit Hajfan-aga by his Fathers intereft had a
favour exprefled from Amurath, who as an acknowledgment of the fignal fervice he had
done in taking Prifoner the Perfia-a General had a Silver Battel-axe double gilded and fet
with Precious Stones fent unto him, with a Shield of pure Gold embelliflied with Pearl,
and a Veft of Cloath of Gold ; Mnfiapha contrarily was not only difcharged from his
command, but fummoned to Stamhul to anfwer his mifcarriage : fo as notwithftanding
his late fpecial favour with Amurath with whom he was educated from a Child, and the
many confiderable field-fervices he had done againft the poor Chriftians, fo induftri-
ous were his Enemies at Court, and fo powerful his old back-friend Sinan-Bajfay that
both his Life andEftatehad gone, had not the Sultana by the mediation of fbme Ladies
about her interceded in the old Mans behalf. Notwithftanding,he had a Superfedeas,and
(which vexed him molt) his Antagonift Sinm-Bajfa for the profecuting the Perfian War
was appointed General in Mnftapha's place.
During this, jealoufies and fears fo increafed in the Perfian Court through the different
Interefts of the two Brothers Emir-hamz^e and Abbasy the latter of which was then Go-
vernour of Heri or Aria and intrufted with the management of the War againft the Mo
gul, that the neceflary preparations to oppofe the more than threatned invafion of the
Turks was wholly laid afide *, the Per fan King forgetting the late fuccefs he had, by the
advice of Sdmas-mir^a (whofe Daughter Prince Emir~hamz,e had married) choofing ra
ther to diipatch Maxat-chan Ambaffadour to Amurath with a rich Prefent, to ufher in
his propofitions for peace. The Ambaffadour took his way through the skirts
of Armenia to Trepiz.ondy where finding a fit Veffel he imbarqued, and by the benefit of a
fair gale made a ihort and eafie.paffage to Stamhul \ into which Port he was with due cere
mony received •, and after four days repofe had audience and acceptance of his Prefent,
which indeed was fuch as well deferved the Grand Seigniors thanks. At this time Mu-
ftapha-Bajfa died, of age and grief, fay fome •, but otherfome rather think he was poy-
foned: and the Emperour by his death made himfelfHeir to his great perfonal Eftate.
Maxut-.chan preffing the Vifier for a difpatch brought it to this iffue, That peace
would be granted for what timejie would propofe, conditionally the Per fans would de
liver Tabriz.-, CazJbyn-, and all S heir van unto the Turkey to be for ever enrolled in the Lift
of Provinces under that Crown. But the Ambaffadour wifely defiring further Inftrudi-
ons from his Mafter e're he could give anfwer, by his Courrier acquainted his Mafter
with the unreafonablenefs of the demands, grounded upon the divifion of the
two Per fan Princes and the expedations he had of Sinan-Bafa's fuccefs in profecuting
that War. which being taken into confideration hy Shaw-Mahomet (who to that end
had convened moft of the confiderable Officers he had unto Casbyn) the refult was,
That not one inch of Earth fhould be given their infolent Adverfary more than he could
mafter with his Sword : To prevent which a great force fhould forthwith be drawn unto
the Frontiers of Armenia, which the vidorious Prince Emir~hamz.e fhould command^
and that Ahhas-mirz^a with another Army fhould profecute the War'againft the Mogul
towards