'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.' [‎8] (679/1024)

The Htftory of the Late Revolution
undone, and that he that (liould be Conqueror would rid himfelf of all the reft, as for-
inei ly Chah- Jehan had done of his Brothers.
Sultan Snjab, who had heaped up great Treafures in that rich Kingdom of Bengale ,
ruining feme of the Rajas or petty Kings that are in thofe Parts, and drawing great
Sums hom others, took the Field firft of all with a puiffant Army, and in the confidence
he had of all the Ferftan Omrabs, for the Secft of whom he had declared himfelf, he
boldly marched towards Agra, giving out openly, that Cbab-Jeban was dead, that Vara
had poifond him, that he would revenge the death of his Father, and, in a word, that
he would be King. Vara defired Cbab-Jeban to write himfelf to him, and to forbid
him to advance further i which he did, alluring him, that his ficknefs was not at all
dangerous, and that he was already much better. But he having Friends at Court, who
affured him that the licknefs of Cbab-Jeban was mortal, he diffembled, and ceafed not
to advance, faying ftill, that he knew very well Chab-Jeban was dead i and if he
ftiould be alive, he was defirous to come and kifs his feet, and to receive his Com
mands.
Auretig-Zebe immediately after, if not at the fame time, taketh the Field alfo in Re-
can, maketh a great noife, and prepareth to march towards Agra. The fame prohi
bition was made to him alfo> as well {tomCbab-Jeban, as homVara, who threaten’d
him. But he diffembleth, for the fame reafon that Sultan Sujah had done, and giveth
the like anfwer. Mean time, finding that his Treafure was low, and his Soldiery very
inconliderable, hedevifed two Artihces, which fucceeded admirably well’, the one, in
regard of Morad-Balybe j the other, in refped of Emir-Jemla. To Morad-Batyh he
writes with fpeed a very fair Letter, importing, tW he had always been his true and
intimate Friend j that, as for himfelf, he laid no claim at all to the Crown i that he
might remember, he had all his life-time made profeffion of a Fahire,b\it that Rara was
a perfon incapable to govern a Kingdom 5 that he was a Kafer, dn Idolater, and hated of
all the greateft Omrabs *, that Sultan Sujab was a Rafezy, an Heretick,and by confe-
tuence an Enemy to Indojian, and unworthy of the Crown : So that, in a word, there
m as none but he ( Morad-Bak^he ) that could reafonably pretend to the Succeftion; that
the Crown did exped him i that the whole Court, which was not ignorant of his Valor,
would be for him ? and that for his particular , if he would promife him , that being
King,he would give him leave to live quietly in fome corner or other of his Empire,there
to ferve God the remainder of his days> he was ready to make a conjundion with him,
to affifthim with hisCounfel and Friends, and to put into his hands his whole Army, to
fight Vara and Sultan Sujab j that in the mean time he fent him an Hundred thoufand
Rupies ( which make about Fifty thoufand Crowns of our money ) and prayed him to
accept thereof as a pledge of his friendlhip ? and that he would advife him to come
with all poilible fpeed to feiie on the Caftle of Suratte, where he knew to be theTrea-
fure of the Land.
Morad-Bahgbe, who was neither too rich, nor too powerful, received with much joy
thisPropofition of Aureng-Zebe, and the Hundred thoufand Rupies fent by himj and
fhew’d Aureng-Zebe^s Letter to every body, thereby to oblige the Flower of that Coun
trey to take up Arms for him, and the fubftantialMerchants to lend him the more wil
lingly fuch Sums of money as he demanded of them. He began in good earneftto a6t
the King, made large promifes to all, and, in fhort, did fo well> that he fet a good Ar
my on foot, of whom he fingled out fopue Three thoufand, who, under the condudof
Chab-Abas, one of his Eunuchs, but a valiant man,fhould go tobefiege Szmrttc.
Aureng-Zebe fent his eldeft Son, Sultan Mahmoud ( him whom he had married to the
Daughter of the King of Golkynda ) to Ewir-yew/^, who was yet employed in the fiege
‘of Kalians, to perfwade him to come to him to Vaulet-Abad, pretending to have mat
ter of the greateft importance to communicate to him. Emir, who foon fufpe&ed his
intentions! excufed himfelf, faying openly, that Cbah-Jeban was not dead, tbathe had
frefh News of his being alive, and that befidesjall his Family being at Agra in the hands
of Vara, he could by no means affift Aureng-Zebe, nor declare himfelf for him. Where
upon Sultan Mahmoud return’d to Vaulet-Abad, without effecting any thing, and very
much diffatisfted with Emir. But Aureng-Zebe loft no courage for all that, but fent the
fecond time to Emir, yet not Suit an Mahmoud, but Sultan Mazum his fecondSon, who
prefented to him his Fathers Letter, and handled him with that dexterity, fweetne s,
and proteftation of friendfhip, that it was not poflible to refift him. Emir therefore
prefted the fiege of Kaliane, forced the befieged to furrender upon compofition 3 took the