'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.' [‎88] (637/1024)

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A Relation of the Grand Seraglio.
CHAP. XVIII.
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The Entrance into Conflantinopk of the Snltanefiy Mother to
the Grand Seignor, whom they honour with the Title of
la Valide^ on the Second of July., 1668.
THE PRINCIPAL; HEADS .
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'The order of the March. The Wealth of the Grand Seigndrs
Favourite. The Suitaneffes Coaches. The prohibitions to ho\
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her.
The Order of
the March.
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N the Second of July, In the Year of our Lord 3 One Thoufand, fix Hun
dred, Sixty and Eight, the Sultmefsy Mother to the Grand Seignor Re
gent, at her return from Adrtanople^ made her Entrance into Conflantinofle,
where I then was, of which Entrance take the enfuing Defcription.
About Six in the Morning, fome numbers of Janizaries^ not obferving any order,
took their way towards the Seraglio, iomecimes-ten, or more, iometimes twenty,
in little detachments, which lafted for fome time. ;/ ' r "
After them came two hundred men on Horfe-back, belonging to the Houfe of
the Coloylotiy that is to fay, the Grand Seignor’s Favourite, with Ihort Guns reftirig
on the Bowe of their Saddles, and all very meanly clad, as alfo the Officers ot his
Kitchin,who coming in the Rear of the others, were,in like manner, poorly habited,
and ill mounted. After them appear’d in fomewhat a better order, the menial
Retinue of the Caimacan, his Officers, as well thole belonging to the Chamber, as
thofe of the Stables, were very handfomely mounted, and all in their yellow Gar
ments.
The next appearance was that of the Spahis, who are the Suhawfs-M.ot.hcfs Life-
Guard. Of thofe there were four hundred, which made a handfome Shew, being
all well mounted, and well clad. They had all their Coats of Mail, with their
Veils of red Taffeta, and had on the right fide a Quiver of Crimfon Velvet, em
broider’d with Flowers of Gold; and on the left, a Eowe in a Cover of red Velvet,
embroider’d as the other. They had all of them Helmets on their Heads, and over
them white Turbants, and from the Helmets there hung fmall Chains of Mail,
refembling Locks of Hair, which they ule when occa iioq requires, to ward off a
TioWlFom the Neck and Face. Every one of them had alfo *a Launce in, his hand,
and the Trappings of their Horfes were of one of thefe three Colours, yellow,
violet, and red, of a rich Stuff, with an embroidery of Silver.
The Spabi-Bachi came in the Rear of them, having a Plume of Heron-tops in
his Turbant, three foot in height, which made him remarkable, and diffinguifh’d
him from all the other Spahis. On the brcaft-piecc of his Horfe, were faftn’da
dozen little Scarfis, which hung down negligently, and he was attended by fix
Pages, who had Caps on, after the Slavonian M xie, red Vefts tuck’d up about the
Wafte, and yellow Hole, or Drawers.
v: A|t!er ifpafhy there pafs’d feyeral Janizaries, but not marching in any order,
TOlovrd my two hundred men on Hoi;[c-back, and in the Rear of them, came the
Janizary-Aga, a Perfon of a very goodly prefencc. He had for his immediate At
tendants fix gentle young Perfons, who had each or them, hanging over his
flioulder, a kind of Quiver, full of fmall Wands, which arc a fort of Arrows,
without any Iron-work at the ends.
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