'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.' [‎33] (582/1024)

A Rditwi of the Grand S t R- a G n o.
G HAP. v.
Of the inner part of the Seraglio in general, and par
ticularly, of the Quarter of the Eunuchs, and the
Icboglans.
the principal heads.
the Ichoglan? Educated under a fevere Difcipline. The
great Officers of the Port tahgn out of the fame School.
The miferable condition of the Children of the BaflaV
The great Authority of the Capi-Aga. daffies,
through which the young Lads of the Seraglio are to
fcifs. The Quarters of the four principal Emuchs.
^I-VH E imcr Seraglio is that part of the great Palace of the Ottoman Emperours,
: I which, from the Second Court, whereof we have given a defcri'pcion ex-
tends to the point, at which place the Gardens are terminated, and which
comprehends in general, the Grand Seignors Quarter, and the Quarter of the Sulta-
B d\ in re8ard [ hc , fo ™" 15 diftinguiih’d into leveral Appartments, appointed
for the Habitations of the Officers, who ordinarily approach the Grand Seignor’s
Pcrfon, and are ms moft neceffaiy attendants, I will condua the Reader from one
te another, and give a diftind relation of every one of them. In this Chapter, I
lhall treat only ot thole Appartments which are taken Up by the Emucbi. and the
ichoglans ) who are under tlieir Difciphnc. 7 , )
At thebcgming of this difeourfe, I made mention of the four principal Eumc’os, Tne ichoglai
who nave others iubftituteto them, toobferve the actions of tliofc younc Lads
Whoare committed to their charge, and. to inftrua them, as well in tlie we
- n th A F f Crales °f * e B 0d y 5 and particularly, as to what relates to
fianrk Si Sei8 n° n- T f aS , We11 bf the E «^/, as the Hoelans
hands next to the Hall, and begins to make part of the third Court, all along
Offiers l“ chf r the | f - T n , d ‘ Ic U ! ntofev “ al Appartments, and among
a eU flA E T' th 7 cal1 0da 7 is to fay, Chambers, into which
w,Vh ri i b T d ta - hund , r ^ UoglMs ,according to the orders of the Capi-Aga , who,
the other prinapa! judges of every ones capacity. ‘Tis the Cdpi-Jga
tul> orders their palling out of one Oda into another, as we remove our
our°Fr,rm 111 Tf^r h a ^ 1 i anc! the cafe is the fartie in their Oja’s as in
We ll m5 ’ or C ' !afles i thiy hrit of me four Odd’s, the feverities whereof they mud
m/bic I ?UC aS W fsr? S tliey Can ’ bein l ? the laft in P oint of dignity. When he
one nf 4. IS c enera '' 1 }| I:a , t:lo f 1 ’ ll P on which follows the fofelaid prbmotioh, he turns
Sen/;™ C j la o‘ lo ,v a d tnofe wnom he thinks uncap ible of doing their Prince good
m ‘ lKa , as bstra y their difguft of fo auftefe a life, and then they are
teni a * e ° ever entring into the Seraglio any more, and cannot pre-
caopnVnt-n/ c { ta ;- 1 ^ UL ^ je 3 ^ lca ot Spahif, with a fmall pay. The advantages of
malccc th ll r c ^ iniCiVCS . i0 ? t ! 1 ? em inent Charges of the Court and the Fmpire,
^Patienrlv r ff Va ^- rCn ? ai f 3C[lln r ro ta ^ e c ^ c greatcr courage, and accordingly they
cf or . tllc tpace man y die harlli and unmerciful treatments
MinadoT ’ ail 5ccaiion %' they always fed very liberal of the