'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.' [‎106] (425/1024)

TRAVELS
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The Second Book.
Containing an Hiflorical and Political Deferipm
of the Empre of the Great Mogul.
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CHAP. I.
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A Relation of the lafl Wars o/Indolftan ; which gives an infight in
to the prefent Ejlate of the Empire and Court of the Moguls.
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I Have written this Hiftory in fuch manner, as I knew things to be tranfao
ted, during my ftaydnthe Country ^ leaving it to the Reader to make his
own refledions as he pleafes} it being fufficient for me to make a faith
ful defeription of the Potent Empire of the Moguls^ according to the Ob*
fervations I have taken upon the place.
This great and vail Empire, which contains the greatell part o{IndolShw, and
which extends from the Mountains on this fide the River Indw y to the Moun
tains on the other fide of Ganges ; borders Eaftward upon the Kingdoms of Am-
can, Tipra, and u4Jia. Toward the Well upon Perfia, and the Vsbeg Tartars.
Southward upon the Kingdoms of Golconda and Vifafour. Northward it runs up
as far as the Mountain Caucafws. North-EaRward the Kingdom of Bantam,
whence comes our Musk, parts it. North-Well ward it borders upon the Country
of C begat hay ^ or the Vsberrs. - •
They are call’d Afognls^ that is, white of complexion ^ for the hil Conque
rors of the Indies where Whites *, the Natives being all Brown, or Olive-colour.
Aureng-z.eb, the prefect Emperor, is the 'eleventh in a dired line, of the Def-
cendants from the great Temar-Eeng^ commonly cal] cl Tamerlane t the extent
and renown of whole Conquefls, from China to Poland, has exceeded all the
actions of the greatell Captains of the former Ages. His Succefibrs compleated
the Gonquefl of all India between the two Rivers* with the dellrudion of leve-
ral Kings. So that Aireng-z,eb has at this time under his Dominion, the Terri-
tOiies or Gdkz-erM, Decan-Dehly^ TAuhan, Labor, Kajhemir'e, Eengala, and many
other Territories; not to mention feveral RajPs, or petty Kings, who pay him
Tribute, and are his Vafials. The Succefhon of the Kings of India is as fol
lows .-
1 • Termisr-Leng^ that is to fay, the Lame, becaufe one of his Legs was (hotter
than the other, lies buried at Samarchand, in the Country of C begat hay, ortlie
Vsbeg Tartars, being the place of his Nativity.
2 . Mirant-