'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.' [‎10] (681/1024)

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themfelves in hopes of the advantages, they (hould make of the imagined vaft Treafure
Tstmic. ’Tis not lefs true, that he had no greater reafon to boaft of the taking of
this Place in regard there was not any Regular Fortification about it, and yet his
Army had lain before it above a month, and would never have reduced it without the
who furoittied them with the Invention of Springing a Mine, which rum-
hL a great fide of the Wall, call the befieged into fuch a Confternation, that it made
hem immediately furrender. The redudlion of this Town did much advance his De-
fian Fame proclaiming immediately throughout thefe Countreys, that Morad-Bakck
had'taken Suratte i that he had fprung a Mine, which founded very big among the
Indians who as yet do little underftand that praaice i and that there he had found a
valf Treafure. Notwithflanding this great noife, and all the firfi advapiages, joyned
to all thofe frequent Letters and great Promifts of Aurmg-Me, the Eunuch CW-
Abas, a Man of good Senfe, of a great Heart, and exceedingly affedl.onate to the Ser-
vice of his Mafter 5 was not of opinion, that Morad-Bakche^ fhouid io^ much tye him-
felf in Inter eft to Aureng-Zebe^ or precipitate nis conjunction with him, but advifec] }#
that he fhouid amufe him with words, and let him advance alone towards that
in the mean time there would come certain News of the ficknefs otChab-jebanj that
he Qiould firlf fee what Channel Affairs would run in i that he fhouid bortihe Suratte,
as a very good Poft, able to render him Matter of a very large and rich Coun trey •, and
that perhaps in time he might feize Brampour, which is a very confiderable Paffageof a
River, and as ’twere a Bar of Vecart. But the continual Letters and Proteftations of
Aurem-Zebe joyned to the fmall Forces, Artillery, and Treafure of Morad-Bal^he,
blinded with an exccffive ambition to Reign, made him regardlefs of all other conh-
derations fo that he went away from Amadevad, abandoned Guzaratte, and took
his way through the Woods and Mountains, with all Expedition, to be at the Rendez-
vouz, where Aureng-Zebe had looked for him thefe two or three clays.
Great Solemnities of Joy were made at the conjundion of the two Armies, the Prin
ces vifited one another, Aureng-Zebe piade a hundred Proteffations and no lefs Promi-
fes to Morad-Bak$be , affured him afrefh, and folemnly, of his not caring for the
Crown, as alfo of his being there for no other end than to aflift him again!! Vara, their
Common Enemy, and to place him in the Throne, which expededhim.
Upon this Enterview, and confirmation of Friendfhip, both Armies marched toge
ther, continuing always, during the March, in the Proteffations of Friend-
ihip,’and in his Courtfhip to Morad-Balybe, treating him never other wife, whether in
publick or private, but with the Title of Hazaret, that is, King and Majeffy: So that
Morad-Bakcbe was fully perfwaded, that Aureng-Zebe meant fincerely, from an excefs
of affedion towards him i whence he even willingly, and without Ceremony, buffered
thefubmiffions and refpeds he ftiewed him i inffead of remembring what had lately
paired at Golkonda? and of confidering, that he, who had thus hazarded himfelf with
fo much boldnefs to ufurp a Kingdom, was not of a temper to live and dye a Fakirs.
Thefe two Armies thus joyned made a Body confiderable enough y which begot a
great noife at Court, and gave caufe of thoughtfulnefs, not only to Vara, but to Cbahn
Jeban himfelf, who knew the great parts and fubtle Condud of Aureng-Zebe, and the
Courage of Morad-Bakghe and who forefaw wery well, that a fire was a kindling,
which would be very hard to quench. It was to no purpofe to write Letters upon Let
ters, fignifying that he was well, and giving Order that they fhould turn back to their
refpedive Governments, and exprefling alfo, that he would forget all that had paffed
hitherto. All his Letters were not able to hinder their Advance i and as the ficknefs
of Cbab-Jeban did tt\\\ pafs for mortal, there being no perfons wanting to bring and
fpread fuch News, they ftill continued to diffemble, giving out, that they were Letters
counterfeited by Vara\ that Cbab-Jeban was dead indeed j but that, in cafe he were
alive, they would go to kifs his Feet, and deliver him from the hands of Vara,
What then fhouid Cbab-Jeban, this unfortunate King, do, who feeth, that his Sons
have no regard to his Orders i who is informed at all hours, that they march apace to
wards Agra in the head of their Armies, and who in this conjun&ure finds himfelf Nk
to boot in the hands of Vara, that is, of a man who breatheth nothing but War j who
prepareth for it with all imaginable earneffnefs,and with all the marks of an enraged re-
fentment againfi his Brothers,but what could he do in this extremity ? He is confirained to
abandon to them his Treafures, and to'leave them to their difpofal. He is force to
fend for his old and moft trufiy Captains, whom he knows for the moil part t0 je not