'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.' [‎27] (698/1024)

of the Empire of the M O G O L.
rich Verts fome Horfcs and Elephants gallantly harnelTed ; making in the mean time
ILmir-jernU to confent, that his only Son, Mahmet Emir-Kan, Qiould hay with him for
a good Educatjon, or rather for a Pledge of his Fidelity > and Suit an MahmoudAhu his
Wife fhould remain mAgra ( which was the Daughter of the above-mendon’d King
of Golhnnda J as too troublefom a thing in an Army, and in fuch an Expedition.
Sultan Snjah who was always in the apprehenfion , left the Ramf of the lower
Bengale which he had ill treated, fticuld be raifed againft him, and who feared nothing
more than to have to do wuhErnir-Jemlaj had no fooner received this News but ao?
prehending that the paftage to Bengale would be obftru^ed, and that Emir would pafs
in fome other place the Puver Ganges, either lower or higher than Elabas raifed his
Gamp, and went down to Benares and Patna, whence he betook himfelf to Mogiere, a
r i 1 own feated upon the Ganges, a place commonly call’d the Key of the Kingdom
0 being a kind of Streight between the Mountains and the Woods, which are
not far from thence. He thought fit to ftay in that place,and there to fortihe himfelf;
and for greater fafety, he caufed a great I rench to be made, which I have feem pafiino-
that way fome years after, from the Town and River unto the Mountain, being well
retolved there to attend Emir-Jemla, and to difpute that paffage with him. But he
was fufficiently aftonifh’d, when he was told, that the Troops of Emir, which flowly
deicended along the River Ganges, were certainly for nothing but to amufe him i tha t
taielf was not there } that he had gained the Raja King 's of thofe Mountains,which are on
t e right hand of the River > and that he and Sultan Mahmoud marchtd apace over
their Lands with all the Flower of the Army, drawing ftraight to Rage-Mehalle, to in
tercept him: So that he was conftrained to quit, as foon as he could,hisFortificationsi
yetnotwithftandinghe made fo much hafte, that though he was obliged to follow
thole windings, which the River Ganges on that fide maketh towards the left hand, he
prevented Emir by fome days, and arrived firft at where he had time 5 to
tortihe himfelf •, becaufe Emir having heard this News, took his March to the left hand
towards Ganges, through very ill ways, there to exped: his Troops, which came down
with the Body of the Artillery and theBaggage along the Pviver. As foon as all was
come, he wenttoattaque Sultan Sujah, who defended himfelf very well for five or fix
ays , but feeing that the Artillery of Emir, which played inceffantly, ruined all his
ortihcations, which were made but of fandy Earth and Fagots, and that he could not
ut with much difficulty make refiftance in that place, befides that the Seafon of the
am began, he retired himfelf, at the favour of the Night, leaving behind two great
eeces of Cannon. Emir durft not follow him in the night, for fear of fome Ambuffi,
putting oft the purfuit ’dll the next morning: But Sujah had the good luck, that at the
teak of day there began to fall aPvain, which lafted above three days } fo that Emir
cou d not only ftir out of Rage-Mehalle, but faw himfelf obliged to pafs the Winter
lere, by reafon of the exceflive Rains in that Countrey, which render the ways fo
toublefom for more than four Months, viz. July, Augufl, September, and October , that
e Armies cannot poftibly march. And hereby Sultan Sujah had the means to retire
nmclf, and to chufe what place he would, having time enough to fortifie his Army,
j*ud to fend out of the inferiour Bengale for many Peeces of Cannon, and a good num-
r Cr , 0 f^ ortu ^G that were retired thither, becaufe of the great fertility of the Coun-
re y* ^ or h e inuch courted all thofe Portugal Fathers, Miftionaries, that are in that Pro
duce, promilmg them no lefs than that he would make them all rich, and build Chur-
nes for them wherefoever they would. And they were indeed capable to ferve him, it
u ng certain, that in the Kingdom of Bengale there are to be found no lefs than eight
Mefficks Th ° U ^ nC * FamiIies Frau & ms ■> Portugals , and thefe either Natives or
ftt Sultan Mahmoud, who, for the reafon above-mentioned, was grown fierce,and -
pued, perhaps, to greater things than at that time he ought, did pretend to command
me Army abfolutely, and that Emir-Jemla ffiould follow his Orders, letting alfo from
jj rn j t0 ^me fail infolent words in reference to his F ather Aureng-Zebe, as if he were ob-
£ gCd ^ hlm for the Crown, and uttering Expreffions of Contempt and Threat againft
whT' cau fod great eoldnefs betwixt them two, which lafted a pretty
me, untd Sultan Mahmoud underftood, that his Father was very much diffatisfied
^ lt is conduct: And apprehending, left Emir had order to feize on his perfon, he
mt away to Sultan Sujah, accompanied with a very fmall number, and to him he
E 2 ' ! made