'Collections of travels through Turky into Persia, and the East Indies. Giving an account of the present state of those countries, as also a full relation of the five years wars, between Aureng-Zebe and his brothers in their father's life time, about the succession. And a voyage made by the Great Mogul (Aureng-Zebe) with his Army from Dehli to Lahor, from Lahor to Bember, and from thence to the Kingdom of Kachemire, by the Mogols, call'd, the Paradise of the Indies. Together with a relation of the Kingdom of Japan and Tunkin, and of their particular manners and trade. To which is added a new description of the Grand Seignior's Seraglio, and also of all the Kingdoms that encompass the Euxine and Caspian Seas, being the travels of Monsieur TavernierBernier, and other great men.' [‎108] (147/1024)

Book III.
The Persian Travels
_v chap, i v.
Another Road from Aleppo to Tauris, through Gezire and other
places.
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F Rom Aleppo to Birot Bert, where you muft crofs Euphrates, days
From Bir to Ourfa, days J
From Ourfa to Viarbeqitir, fays ^
From Diarbequir to Gezire, days 4
Gez/Ve is a little City of Mefopotamia, built upon an Ifland in the River Twj/-
which is there to be crofs’d over a fair Bridge of Boats. Here the Merchants meet
to buy Gall-nuts and Tobacco* The City is under the Jurifdi&ion ofa Bey.
Having paft the Tigrisy all the Country between that and Tauris is almoft equally
divided between Hills and Plains» the Hills are cover’d with Oaks that bear Galls
and fome Acorns withal. The Plains are planted with Tobacco, which is tranfpoited
into Turfye, for which they have a very great Trade. One would think the Country
were poor, feeing nothing but Galls and Tobacco i but there is no Country in the
World where there is more Gold or Silver laid out, and where they are more nice
in taking Money that is in the leaft defective either in weight or goodnefs of Metal.
For Galls being a general Commodity for Dying, and no where to be found fo good
as there, bring a vaft Trade to the Country i wherein there are no Villages, yet it
is over-fpread withHoufes a Mufquet-lhot one from another ^ and every Inhabitant
has his quarter of his Vineyard by himfelf, where they dry their Grapes: for they
make no Wine.
From Gezire to Amadie, days 2
Amadie is a good City, to which the Natives ofa great part of AJfyria bring their
Tobacco, and Gall-nuts. Itisfeated upon a high Mountain, to the top whereof
you cannot get in lefs than an hour. Towards the middle of the Rock three or four
large Springs fall down from the Cliffs, where the Inhabitants are forc’d to water
iheii Cattel and fill their ftoracbio’s every morning, there being no Water in the
City. It is of an indifferent bignefs, and in the middle is a large Piazza, where
all forts of Merchants keep their Shops. It is under the Command of a Bey that is
able to raife eight or ten thoufand Horfe, and more Foot than any other of the
tfey/, by reafon his Country is fb populous.
From Amadik to Gioufmark# days ^
From Gioujmarl^to Attack^, days % 5
From Albacl^to Salmajhe, days 3
Salmaflre is a pleafant City upon the Frontiers of the AJJyrians and Medes, and
the firft on that fide in the Territories of the Perfian King. The Caravan never
lyes there, becaufe it would be above a League out of the way : but when the
Caravan is lodg’d, two or three of the principal Merchants with the Caravan-Bafhi
according to cuftom go to wait upon the Kan. The Kan is fo glad that the Caravan
takes that Road, that he prefents the Caravan-Bafhi and thofe that go with him, with
the Garment of Honour, or the Calaat, the Bonnet, and Girdle i which is the
greateft Honour that the King or his Governour can do to Strangers.
From Salamaftre to Tauris, days. 4
In all thirty-two days journey this way from Aleppo to Tauris. But though this
be the (horteft cut, and where they pay leaft Cuftoms,yet the Merchants dare hardly
venture for fear of being ill us’d by the Beys.
Teren, whole Capital City the call Cberijar, is a Province between Mi-
zandranand the ancient Region of the Perfians known at this day by the name of
Mierac, to the South-Eaft of Ijpahan. ’Tis one of the moft temperate Countries,
that has nothing in it of the contagious Air of Gttilan, where the King goes for the
purity of the Air, and for his fport of Hunting j befides? that it produceth ex-
, cellent Fruit s in many places, The Capital City whereof, which fome call by the
name of the Province, is of a moderate compafs, but there is nothing worthy obfer-
vation in it; only a League from it are to be feen the Ruines of a great City, which