'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.' [‎258] (293/1024)

258 The Persian Travels BooSTy
was all of Gold, and he had fo imtch Gold in his CofFtrsTthatvvhctTiJr^
to the Great Mogul he would not accept of ary thing for his maimers ^
but contented himfelf with one of the higheft Dignities in the Empiie vvh^h
he enjoy’d till his death. At Jebanabad he built a nrxft neat Koufe witK .r-
Garden upon thcRive». ’ lalalt
He got his wealth in fome tneafure, for the greateft part came by ^ '
iltancc, by the great advantages which he made of the Caravans that then paf’j
oft’ner through Cmdabar then they do new adays. For by delaying theft!
chants at the Cufiome-houfc, and by treating them himfelf, and receiving trcT
ments from them again, he caus’d them to fpend their Provijfiom, which th"
were forc’d to recruit again at Candahar. v r: ^
The Grand Sha Abbas left the peaceable Poihfficn of Candahar {0 Sb
Scji his Grand-child. In whefe time AUmtrdan-Kan deliver’d it up to the
Grand Mogul. Ska Abbas the Second retook it in the year 1650. V^h €rc .
upon Sba-gcban fent his cldcft Sen to drive him out. But though his Army
confified of three hundred theufand men, yet the place was fo well deferr
ed that he loft the be ft part of hjs Army before it. The next year Sha-
jeban fent another Army under the Command of Su/tan-Sujab, but he had
ho better fuccefs then his Brother. Thereupon Begum Courteous or formal title for (usually Muslim) women of elite status, especially of Turko-Mongol lineage. Saheb y Sba-yhans el-
deft Daughter, and psffionately belov’d by him even to Inctft, bearing the
greateft (way in the Kingdom, and having a Vaft Treafure, rais’d aoArrry
at her own charges, and made Aumgzcb Ccmmander ofit. After many af.
faults, Aurengzeb dtfcmttog with his Generals one day who ftiould have the
honour if he tchk the City, and being told that his Sifter would have the
honour in regard fhe had rais’d the Army, the Prince either jealous of his
Sifter, or elfe not loath to give occafion of being ervy’d by his Brothers, affault-
ed it no more, and when the rains came, rais’d his fiege.
A. The Principal Citadel.
B. Another Citadd. / • ( ,
" C. The Mountain that reach’d to the next Citadle, which Seficut away aftet
he tbok the City.
• T>. The Governours Houfe.
E. The Lodgings for the Officers and Sculdiers.
F. The Piazza of the City.
G. The greatftreet. ^
H. The two Caufeys that lead to the City.
I. The Path that leads from the Merjh to the City.
K. The leffer way that kads frem the City to the Citadel.
Thus I have finifh’d the moft conftderable Obfervations as well in reference
to Turkje as to Perfia. I have been curious to underftand things, and havdotkt
wich a ftridf eye upon them : and I sm oblig’d to inform the Reader, thathe
muft not travel into AJia, in expectation of mending his experience ipany of the
nobler Arts of Painting, Sculpture, Goldfmiths w ork, or Turning, As for the
Coverlets, Embioideries, Tiftucs of Gold and Silver, which are made in Perfia,
and which we admir’d formerly in France^ all thefe give place tocurrew
manufactures. Infcmuch that the Per fans themfelves admire the rich gccdsrf
and when we cany any thither, they are in mediately bcughtupby
the King and the Nobility. They neither urderftard any thing of Atchitcdure;
nor is there any thing in all that cqualls the Riches and Beauty of the
Loure^ or of any other of the Kings heufes in France^ which infinitely excell in
workmanffiip all the magnificence of the Eaftern Monarchs. Which has made
me with aftoniftiment admire that fo many Travellers have aferib’d to Perfia
and other Regions AJia, thofe beauties for which they were never beholding
either to Art or Nature. For if all they have faid had been true, thofe won-
ders could never have efcaped my fight •, and I dare affure the Reader that 1 have
defenb d the naked truth of things as really they are.
The End of the Relations of Perfia: and of
thefirflPart of Afian Travels.