'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.' [‎196] (229/1024)

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The Persian Travels
Book V
them Visuals to eat, not without feme other effects of his Liberality! '
The Cheikj Sons confidering of what a number of Slaves they were Matters,
and that the greateft part of the people, prepofe’d in favour of their Father 1
out of the opinion they had of his San&ity, took their part * the more powerful!
to engage them, (hew 5 d themfdves liberal to all, and when they found therrielyes
ftrong enough, revolted againft Alamout King of Ferfia, their lawful SoveraiJ
After many Skirmifties, at length they gave him Battel near to Tamil, wherein
moutvtzs defeated, aqd flain by the hand otlfmael Sophi, the Cheikj third Son"
who is properly to be accounted the fift King of that Race : I mean of the R 3ceo f
them that did not embrace the Alcoran, but according to the Interpretation of
Mahomets Son-in-Law.
To Ifinael Sophi fucceeded Sba-Tammas his Son, and to Sba-Tammas Sha-Ifwad
thefecord, who reign’d but a fhort while •, for his ciuelties conftrain’d the Nobility
of the Country to fet up in his room Mahomet-Coda, betide his Brother-, tboupli
little skill’d in the affairs of Government or War, Many thought he was blind
but he was only dim-lighted, through the application of a hot Iron to his eyes, by
theCommar d of his unnatural Brother in the beginning of bis reign. He was thl
Father of Sba-Abbas, that fucceeded him, who ietPd the affairs of Perfia in a veiy
good condition. x x -
Sba-Abbas thefirft, by his Valour and good Condud gain’d the name of Great,
When he came to his Throne, upon the North and Weft ftde he found nothing in
his power but the City cf Casbin but afterwards, as he was a perfonage of great
wit as well as courage, partly by policy, and partly by force, he recover’d feveral
Provinces to the Weft, and conquer’d the Kingdoms of Lar, Omus, and Can-
dabar.
Of many Sons that Sba-Abbas had, not one furviv’d but only Sophi-Mirza, a
Prince, of great wit, and dextrous at his Arms. All the people lov’d him, which
made his Father jealous of him, that he waited for his death to afeend the Throne,
And that which augmented his jealoufie was, for that one day being a hunting,
Sopbi-Mirza drew the firft: arrow at a Boar i it being a capital crime in ?erfu to
fhoot before the King,. However Sba-Abbas for the time conceal’d his difplea-
fure, unwilling to fly out in fury againft the Prince, in regard he had no more
Son?. But having had a Son by a Slave, which pleas’d him, $lw-
Abbas's joy encreafing as the Child grew, his jealoufie alfo daily encreas’l
againft the Father of the young Prince , fo that being no longer able to diffemble
his fear, he caus’d his eyes to be put out. Nay his jealoufie went a great way
farther '■> for he now fear’d the blind Prince, and having therefore refolv’d his
death, he commanded a Lord of the Court to bring him his head. The Lord in
an aftonifhment refus’d to obey the King, and befought him rather to take away
his life? than to ccnftrain him to embrue his hands in the blood of his Prince,
The King offended at him for his refufal, banifh’d' him his Court? and the next
day gave the fame command to another Lord, who without any fcruple put it in
execution, and brought him the head of his Sonin a Bafon of Gold. Thatobjed
of pity brought him to himfelf ? fo that not being able to look upon fo fad a
fpecffacle without tears in his eyes? upbraiding the villany of the Lord? he ex*
pell’d him from his fight,! forbad him his prefence for ever, and fequefierd all his
eftate, only allowing him a Mamoudi, or nine French Sous aday. The other
Lord, who had fo generoufly refus’d to aid him in fo bloody an 3<ff, the King
recall’d from Exile, and beftow’d upon him one of the bett Governments of the
Empire.
Ever fince that time all the Male Children of the Blood Royal are (hut up
in the Womens Haram, where they are bred up in ignorance, having only two
or three Eunuchs to teach them to write and read, and to keep them company
in their recreations, whether it be in fhooting with a Bow, or riding about the
Gardens upon an Afs? for they never allow ’em a Horfe: befides thatall thattiiue
they are never permitted to fee the people. In this manner it was that Sw-
bred up his little Grandfon, many days caufirg him to take Opium to
render him more ftupid. So that when he came to the Throne, after his Gumd-
fathers death, the Phyficians thought it convenient that he fhculd drink wine,
to reftore his natural heat, and renew his vigor. Sba-Abbas reign’d forty
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