'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.' [‎228] (261/1024)

The Persian Travels Book V.
annual Rent, which the Governors of Provinces exad with a revere
on.
The Meftempti and the Mcmalecl^ are they that value the Rent of a]} La rl
in Demeft], which is one of the principal charges of the Defter Kroon. Th S
alfo take cognifance of all the King’s Farns, Quit.Pvents, Provifions and
pences of Receivers and Colle&ors. There'is alfo a Mefcmpti to value Le X "
cies.
The Nazar controuls the Meftempti and the Memalek, and his hand is r«im >j
to all Papers of difpatch. M »u
The Veroga or Provoft of the Defier-Kroon is to profecute and puni(h all that
are guilty of falfe Receipts, or of Exadion.
Into this Office are deliver’d all the Grants and Aflignations of the wages of
the King’s Officers. Every man comes and receives his own, or fends for it to
thofe places upon which this Money is aflign’d.
In every Village or Borough there is a Rei/, or chief of the place, to whom
the Officers apply themfelves for their Money : For (hould they terrify the
Countrey-man, he would run quite away, and pay nothing. The greateft cheat in
this Chamber of Accounts, is, that in regard the Officers keep the Roll of the
Officers wages, they will give them divers Bills to receive little parcels at feveral
places diflant from one another, till the Sum be made up to which trouble rather
than the Kings fervant will be put, he will give a good gratuity to the Officer topay
him all together. But becaufe the Officers are not able to fatisfy all that come there
are certain Tbabfilders or hoarders up of Rent, who buy for ready Money as^heap
• as they can, fuch Bills as private men come to receive at the Chamber * and when
they have got a good number together, they go and receive them altogether at
the Chamber, and make great advantage. By this mifgovernment of the Defter-
Kroom, feveral perfons are very much oppreft. For he that has but 30 Tomm a
year, fhall be forc’d to give a good (hare out of it to have the reft in ready Mo
ney j which has been often the mine of the Perfian Army, through the abufes
and defalcations put upon the poor Souldiers. During the Reign of Sha-Abbas
the 1 i and toward the beginning of the Reign of Sha-Sefi his Son, the Exche
quer was better regulated i but when the Perfians come to be at Peace with their
Neighbours, the King and his Lords have minded nothing lefs then the payment
of the Souldiery. r ;
The greateft part of the Lands in Perfia belong to the King, and are only farm’d
by private perfons. The reft of the Lands are meafur’d, and every Land pays fo
much ameafure. The King alfo has a vaft income by the Merchandizes that
pay Guftom and Toll. The Port of Bander Ahafft alone brings him one year
with another, when leaft, befides accidents, neer upon 20000 Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. .
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