'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.' [‎51] (600/1024)

A Relation of the Grand Seignors Seraglio.
V
tfte Chamber of the Treaiury, and each of them is difpos’d into the Coffers ddimi’d
for them. When there is as much Gold as will amount to two hundred Kt-a
the Grand gives notice of it to the Grand Seignor, who appoints a day!
for the difpofal of it it to the Secret Treafury. The day being come, the Grand
Seignor, led unaer the Aim by the Chafnadar-bachi 3 who is on the left hand
which is accounted the more honourable amongft the Turks, and by the Sdi&ar-
A&a who is on the right, comes into the Chamber of the Treafury, where the
Sixty Pages exped him, ranked in order on both fides, with their hands crofs
their Breads. The Grand ^eignor having pais s d through the Chamber, and
order dthe hr ft l^oor of the Secret Treafury to be open’d, enters into it, by the
ight of leveral Torches of wime Wax,: and is followed by the Pages, two
b y f W0 3 c ?| 1 ^hey are withm the Vault into, which the Bags are brought, ty’d
With a Silk-ftring. Upon the firing they put a piece of red foft Wax whereto
the Grand Seignor lets his Seal himielf,- which is upon a Gold-Ring" wherein
are engraven rhe words before mentioned , with the name of the Prince
then reigning, after which they put the Bags into the Co&~- all double
chain’d-
Before they come out of the Vault, the chief Of*'-** °f tEe Treafury, does or- • r
dinarily -make this Complement to the r 'y a id Seignor ; SeadethpadicMm
dur qmbow bmdelerignus tuzre ihfan cher£& nus i z " ar Mefis : 7 hat is to fay. My Emperour, dees of thi '
W hope, that you will make a dife y r r K 0 f ^ our liberalities to your Slaves, According to Poft*
the humour the Grand ^5 nor d s t J iea he orders, That there fhouldbea
diflribution of Twenr 1-funy i uries amongft allthofe whoiave accompany’d
him, every Pur^, as I told you before amounting to Five hundred Crowns.
The Grand V^ir and the other Grandees of the Port, are permitted to enter into
the Chambers of the Treafury, where the fumptous Harneftes, and the Precious
Stones ;re kept, when the Grand Seignor cornes thither himfelf, but they are non
to go-ts far as the Secret Treafury. They ftay for him in the Fourth Chamber*
when he is to come out of the Vault and then he orders ,the Coffer of his Jewels
to be opened, to fhew them the moft precious things there are in it. And whereas
there are always fome Favourites attending there, as alfb divers other perfons
Whom the Prince looks upon kindly upon the fcore of their merit, it feidom hap
pens, but that they all receive fome Prefent or other from him, and he makes not
any, but what is of very confiderable value. The Treafury beinn fhut up, the
Grand Sdgnor returns to his own Quarter* and all the Grandees accompany him to
*he Gate of it.
A
., • J n r v.
/ ‘ - "■ ; f
CHAP,