'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.' [‎73] (622/1024)

A Relation of the Grand Seignors Seraglio.
with Sillc, and with that, one of thofe Bottles full of Water, which is look’d
ttgon as a great favour. But it proves a very dear favour to thole who re
ceive it, and for a icnp of Paper, and a Glals of water, they muff fend back
again to the Grantk Seignor a very confiderable Prefent, not accounting what
they beffoW one thofe petfons, who bring from him, thofe tefiimonies and
irnrks of his Afte&ion.
It is to be obferv’d alio, That the Cqi-Jga is allow’d to multiply the faid
Water, as far as he thinks requifite , and anfwerably to his defire of multi
plying the Prelents. All he has to do, is only to'fill up the Cauldron, as
it is emptied, arid that aaditfonal water is as good as ’twas before fince it
is intermix’d with that wherein Mahomet’s Garment had been foak’d. For
there are many perfons, to whome he fends thofe Bottles, Without the im-
preffibn of the Seal, upon the little piece of paper, and he has a fnack out
of all that is beitowd on the Bearers of thole Prefcnts. But he is not per
mitted to make that multiplication of the Water, any longer than for the
(pace of three days; that is to fay, till the Seventeenth of the
after which nme, the additional intermixture of it would not have the Venue 5
which they imagine it has, 1 3
As fooh as tin's Prefent is receiv’d by thofe to whom it is fent they
rake the paper, which has the impreffion of Mahomet’s Seal, and after they
have left it to foake a little while in the Water of the little Chryftal bottk
they take off the water and the paper, fwallowing down both together
With great devotion. But it is to te noted, That no body muft lie Co prefumptious
As to open that paper ; for they fwallow it down as it is brought to them
After a little foaking in the water, they being hot permitted to lee the im-’
prelhon of the facred Seal: And they who receive only the little bottle
Without the paper, lend for one of their who are as ’twere their
Pridfs, and get him to Write down thefe words in another piece of paper
La he Ilia, Jlla hull, vahidul gebkr, That is to fay There is no other God then God
fe pmilher of Crimes. There are others , who order thefe 'words to be writ
flown; La Ilia he Ilia, Allahul meliqued vehhab • which flgnifies, Lhere is no other
God then God alone, the Liberal Emperour, and Pardoner of Offences. The paper hav
ing thofe Words written upon it, is put into the water of the little Bottle
, !° *9? f WalloW down both together, with a ftrong perfwafion, that thofe
words have the iame verue, as the impreffion of the Seal.
There is alfo to be feen, in the fame Chamber, a very homely kind of
Uittelas, hanging by the Wall, near the place where the Prophet’s Seal The Relic, 0
and Garment are kept. The Scabbard is cover’d with Green cloth and 0raar ‘
fliey have it by Tadition, that it had been the Cuttelas of Omar, one of
momt’s four Companions, who govern’d after him, though Ebou-Sequer Was
me cider of the two, and Father-in-law to Mahomet., The Arabians affirm
Lm Ebou-Roquer was a Jet#, by extraction, and one of the molt learned of
ms time; and that, having renounc’d the Mofaick Law he taught at
the Schools, after which he befet himfelf to compole fome part of the
t?KVi ar i^ le .^nEtelasc there is alfo to be feen a kind of fhort Sword, for
w” 1 'f? have, in like manner, a great veneration, upon a perfwafion, that
lome time was the Sword of a certain perfon tiamed EhtblMm, with which
frrl t0 P1CC - V th , oC %r W ^ hadJpKad a Hcrefie in the Law
pAf™ no J lnt ? th f World till Four hundred years after the death of the.
Qe iiroyld that Seff, which during the fpaceof two Ages
Afl.i'nit th tn iVCI! :nl,IC 1 trou ble to the true Mahometans, and gain’d leveral Battles
vi! ,e !aid was grown very powerful under the denomination of a.-a
f^ 1 -^ met VVlth fome remainders of it in the Mountains of**
S feSS’ 1 ’ thC Thofe. people arc very remLkaWe *
We a “"I?. TZ fot . th e/r .ignorance ; and a man muft
OnU n \ b ’i at e Tm"-r 0i 1 ^ In g' a ^ ac k Dog, m their prcience, or cuttifto an
a ^ nlfe 5 % rteit way, when they are to cat an Onion Is *
A z -t’.veefi two fiones* The cauie of that grofs ignorance, is their nor
having
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