'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.' [‎33] (704/1024)

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he fhpuld indeed be carried to Goualeor, as had been concluded before i or whether
it were not more expedient to put him to death, without more ado > Some were
of opinion, that he ihould go to Goualeor with a ftrong Guard, that that would be
enough j Danechmend-Kan , though Vara s old Enemy, infilling much upon that
But Rauchenara- Begum Courteous or formal title for (usually Muslim) women of elite status, especially of Turko-Mongol lineage. , in purfuance of her hatred againft this Brother of hers, pufhed
dunng-Zebe to make him away, without running the danger there was in fending
him to Goualeor j asalfodidall his old Enemies, GaliMah-Kan, and Cbah-hejl-Kan,
andefpecially a certain Flatterer, a Phyfitian, who was fled out of Per/w, firft called
Halqm-Daoud, and afterwards being become a great Omrab named Talyrrub-Kan :
This Villain boldly rofe up in a full alTembly, and cryed out, that it was expedient
for the fafety of the State to put him to death immediately, and that the rather, be-
caufe jie was no Muffulman \ that long fincehe was turn’d Idolater, without
Religion, and that he would charge the Sin of it upon his own head: Of which im
precation he foon after felt the frnart i for within a (lion time he fell into difgrace,
and was treated like an infamous Fellow, and dyed miferably. But Aumig-Zebe]
carried away by thefe inflances and motives, commanded that he fhould be put to
death, and that Sepe-Cbekpub^ his Grand-child, fliould be fent to
The Charge of this Tragical Execution was given to a certaimSlave, call’d Nazer^
that had been bred by Cbah-Jeban, and was known to have been formerly ill treated
by Dara, This ^Executioner, accompanied with three or four Parricides more,
went to ZWj, who was then himfelf dreffing fome Lentils with Sepe-Cbekpnb his
Grandchild. He no fooner faw Nazer, but cryed out to Sepe-Cbekottb, My dear
Son, behold thofe that come to kill us ! laying hold at the fame time of a fmall Knife,
which was all the Arms that were left him. One of thefe Butchers immediately fell
Upon Sepe-Cbekgtih j the others, upon the arms and legs of Dara^ throwing him to
the ground, and holding him under, Till cut ,his throat. His Head was forth
with carried to the Fortrefs of Aureng-Zebe, who prefently commanded it to be put
inadifh, and that watet fhould be fetch’d \ which when brought, be wiped it off
with an Handkerchief, and after he had caufed the Face to be wafhed clean, and the
blood done away, and was fully fatisfled that it was the very head of Dara^ befell
a weeping, and faid thefe words j Ah Bed-Bakt ! Ah unfortunate Man ! Take it away,
and bury it in the Sepulchre of Houmayon,
At night, the Daughter of was brought into the but afterwards fent
to Cbab-Jeban, and Begum Courteous or formal title for (usually Muslim) women of elite status, especially of Turko-Mongol lineage. -Sabeb, who asked her of Aureng-Zebe. Concerning Varans
Wife, (he had ended her days before at Labor ; She had poyfon’d her felf, forefeeing
the extremities fhe was falling into, together with her Husband. Sepe-Cbekoub was
fent toGoualeor. And after a few days, Gion-kan was fent for, to come before
Zebe in the Affembly : To him were given fome Prefents, and fo he was fent away j
but being near his Lands, he was rewarded according to his defert, being killed in a
Wood. This barbarous Man not knowing, or not confidering, that if Kings do
fometimes permit fuch A&ions for their Interefl, yet they abhor them, and fooner or
later revenge them.
In the mean time, the Governour of ‘Tatababr^ by the fame Orders that had been
required of Vara, was obliged to furrender the Fortrefs. It was indeed upon fuch
a compofition as he would have, but it was alfo with an intention not to keep word
with him. For the poor Eunuch, arriving at Labor, was cut in pieces, together with
thofe few Men he had then with him, by Kalil-ullab-kan , who was Governour there
of. But the reafon of the non-obfervance of the Capitulation was, that there was
come intelligence, that he fecretly prepar’d himfelf to go diredly to Soliman-Cbekoub,
Sparing no Gold, which under-hand he conveyed into the hands of our Rrangm, and
to all thofe that were come with him out of the Fortrefs to follow him, under pretext
of accompanying him as far as Vehli to Aureng-Zebe , who had often faid , that he
Ihould be very glad to fee fo gallant a Man, and who had fo valiantly defended himfelf.
There remained therefore none of the Family of but Soliman-Cbekpub, who
could not eafily be drawn away from Serenaguer, if the had been fteady to his
firll Declarations. But the fecret practices of the Raja King Jcffeigne, the promifes and
threats cf Aureng-Z.be, the death of Vara, and the other Rajas his Neighbours that
had been gain’d, and were prepared by the Orders, and at the coll of Aureng-Zebe,
to make War againlthim, did atlaftfliake the Faith of this perfidious Protedfor, a«d
F made