'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.' [‎5] (554/1024)

J. Relation of the Grand Seignors Seraglio.
The Janizary-Jga 9 whom xhe lurkf call Tengeri-Agafij is the Colonel-General, of The number
the Janizaries. The Charge is very conhderable, inafmuch as the Turl$h Infantry ^at thc . real J ani
this time, does for the moff part pafs tinder the name of Janizam, though fuch as ak ZarlCS *
really Janizaries, who derive their Inftitution fkm Ottoman the Firft, and their great
Priviledges from Amurath the Third, do not at this day amount to a Body of above
five and twenty thoufand Men. They have excellent Regulations amongft thcmfelves
and are diflnbuted into feveral Chambers, in the fpacioiis Lodgings, whereof they
are pofTefs d, whether it be at Conftsntinople, or in other places. The order pbferv*d there
is [o excellent in all things, and fo exactly maintain’d, that they live more like Religi
ous Perlons, than Sou'diers 5 and though they are not forbidden to marry yet it is
Very feldom that they do it. The great Priviledges which they enjoy all over the
Empire, wherein they are fo highly refpe£ted, induce abundance of Pcrfons, meerlv
m order to their exemption from the paying of Taxes,and their being difchara’d from
pubhek Duties, to prevail with the Officers, by Money, toprote<adiem, and make
them pals tor janizaries. But they receive no Pav from the Prince, and all their ad
vantage is reftram’d to the enjoyment of chofe Pfiviledges, which indeed are great
enough. It is by this intermixture of the real Janizaries, with thofe who arc admit-
ted by corruption, that the number of them amounts at this day to above a hundred
thoufand; and yet not accounting any but luch asare effe&ively Janizaries, theirBodv
has lometimes been fo dreadful, as that they have unthron’d the Ottoman Monarchs
and chang’d the whole face of the Empire of a fudden. " 5
, T!? e . P° Wer their Aga is very great, and there isnot any Perfon can approach
the l rmce, as he is permitted to do. For he may come into the Grand Seisnor’s "f ,bt
prefence, with his arms at abfolute liberty, and with a confident deportment. ^*'
whereas all the other Grandees of the Port, without any exception, even to the
Grand Vizir himfelf, dare nor appear before him, otherwife than With their arms
profound fubmiffion^ ^ hands0ne Up0n tilc ot " er > 011 the breaft j as a mark of a
The SegMeys are, in dignity, nextthe foiirfirft Bap's, andaireas’twerefomanV
MnS'fHV" thc 0 a ] eral Governnients of the Empire, whereof the Grand Seignor
beftows the Command on them. But in regard it is not my defign to ipeak ot the
Government of any further than is requifite for the Subjeft whereof I treat
mere is not any needfity that I Ihould mfoi:m the Reader of the number of thofe Ew-
inse ? 0U ? h ^ at , Ihave , nam ’ d the five Principal ones, of whom I fliall
itn^.°^ a ^ 0n t0 p - a k clfew hcre. 1 fhall only add here. That thofe great Bap's have
Parti'ml C1 r> a Cc - rtain nun ? ber ol Sangiac-Beys, who are Governours of Smigiacs, or
paiticular Provinces, asthe SangiacbeyoiSalaica, or of Mores.
And whereas there will alfobe frequently mention’d fome others, under the De
fonsorperfois^^^”’ Zam,fmd chiaoux r w e muft give a fhort account of thofe three
vJ!uJ P tih wb< ? , raa ^e U P a Body of about fifteen thoufand Men, are a kind of
for ^ Gentr y°r Nobility of the Country,Ind ftandvery
SE 'P'r l nt 7V They arc ,-, malnta ' n,d out oi ^ Avenue of the f,man,
flows on !k y ’ out;of tbe Manners, orCommanderies, which the Grand Seignor be-
ThnlW hem ’ accor , d,n 8f° the recompence he would make them for their (ervices.
ty whirh T ?, mi0 l be take "f'J' a y. fr ° m ' hern » unlc <s they be negligent in their du-
Perfon Ti ’ r hat ch , cy , fll0L1 ! d bc 1,1 the Army, when the Grand Vizir is there in
ty SoveM.m • at u lappI , e ^ P e r lons in ad tne Ottoman Etijpire, and as it were pet-
tyaweraigns m he places where they comnund.
and W dl “J t * noc rnutih from the Spahis, and, as the other, have the Command
There ; <;a nileS ° certain hands,or Fiefe, which the Grand Seignor beftoWson them.
felycs J r hpi y n S ^ Cat j l 'i? lber 0 r /cr a11 die Ern P‘ re > and they look on them-
ZimtinA r i 1f . ,^ and E , ar< ? ns of the Country. The turkiJh Cavalry confifts of the
Fiefo a o d thcy k " 0 ^ ^' number of Horfe they are to bring into
Th . ln 8 to the Revenue of their Umars,
.•moln^T’' 01 Chiaoux-Bacbi, is the Chief of all theGhjoux of the Empire, Whofe