'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.' [‎2] (307/1024)

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j4n dccomt of the Money of As
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and though at this day they areonely currant in-
neverthelefs, from Bragdatt to the Ifland of Ceylan y they traffick altoe rh"
the Larin, and all along the Perfian Golf j where they take 80 I-J!, 1 ?' with
which is J® Jbaps. ^nnsfor
one
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The Money currant under the Dominidm of the Great Mogul
- A Gold and Silver which is brought into the Territorie f
JLA. Great Mogul, is refined to the higheft perfection before it he rrL°! • e
Money. uinecl into
. T he Roupy of Gold weighs 2 Drams and a half, and 11 Grains and , 1 ,
m the Country at 14 Roupies of Silver. We reckon the Rouov nf c;i Ded
30 Sous. So that a Roupy of Gold comes to 21 Livres of AL,, . ; ve , rat
Ounce of Gold to 58 Livres, and 4 Deneer’s. This Gold is like that
we buy at 54 Livres an Ounce. And if you bring this Gold in Ingots or n
cats of European Gold, you lhallhave always? and a half profit; if von l-Jr
paying any thing to the Cuftom-houfes. TheHalf-Roupy comes to 10 I
10 Sous; andtheQuarter-Roupy to sLivres 5 Sous. Aslhave faid vonS
reckon the Silver Roupy at 30 Sous, though it weigh not above sD™™
whereas our pieces of 30 Sous weigh 3 Drams, and half 4 grains -bu tij
Roupy is much the better Silver. In a word, they that underHand 5 Traffirlr
well, and carry hence Gold or Silver to the Territories of the Great Iw
get always 7 or S per Cent, profit, provided they take care to fhun tht Culm
houfes. For if you pay them, the 7 or 8 per Cent, which you might makern.'
fit, goes to them; and fo the Roupy comes to 30 Sons the Half to is Ld
the Quarter to 7 and a half, the eighth Part to 3 Sous and <? Deneers. 5>
As for their Copper Money, fometimes ’tis worth more, fometimes lef« as Con
per comes to the Mint But generally the biggeft fort is worth 2 Sous ofbX
ney, the next i Sous, the next to that 6 Deneers.
l°L thei / S ^ U “ one y> , the ® ear er you go to the Sea, the more you give
for a Pecha, for they bring them from MnldiSes. Fifty or lixty of thefemake
a whcih is that piece of Coin that is worthbut 6 Deneers.
For their Money of Mamoudi’s, half Mamoudi’s, and Almonds/ all that fort
of Money is only currant m the Province of G^eratt, the principal Cities
whereof are Surat, Barocha, Cambay a, Broudra and Amadabat. Five Mamoudi’s
but f °of a ii?rle W A 1 Zomlc ReaL h• M ° ne y the y make no ufe ofthefeShells,
,5 ,S f i 11 / 6 Almonds, which are brought from about Ormm, and grow in
• he nuu artS t l f. Kln S d °m of Larr. If you break one of the Shells it is
impoffible to eat the Almond for there is no Colo^mida fo bitter; fo to
left the Children Ihould eat their fmalf Money. They have
alfo thole little pieces of Copper which are call’d Pecha, Deneer’s in value.
They give 20 for a Mamoudi, and 40 Almonds for a Pecha; fometimes you
may have 44 , according to the quantity which is brought. For fome years
^T re « d0 b ^ r > and then the price of this fort of Money is very
much raifed in that Country; and the Bankers know how to make their be-
F ' S - 2 - The UaIf-Roupy of Gold.
uSfnt The c R P“Py of sil ver. Fig. 5 . Another Roupy of Silver: Fig. 6. The
Fiphth 1 7 ‘ Q- uart er-Rolipy of Silver. Fig. 8 . The
tighth part of the Roupy of Silver. •
Pedia.' 9 ’ F ° Ur PeCha ’ S ° f Copper - Fi £‘ 10 - Tvf0 Pecha’sof Copper. Fig. 1 1. One
, Fig. 12.