'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.' [‎57] (728/1024)

briefly add fome particulars, that ferve to this Hiftory,and will hill more diicover that
Country, and declare the Interefts between Indojtan and Perfia, which no body, that I
know of, hath explained hitherto. • 1
Kandahar, that flrong and important place, which is the Capital and the fwaying Ci
ty of this Noble and Rich Kingdom of the fame Name, hath in thefe latter Ages been
the fubjedt of grievous Wars between the Mogols and Perfians, each of them pretend
ing a Right thereto. El$ar> that great King of the Indies, took it by force fr6m the
Perfians, and kept it during his life. And Chah-Abbas, that famous King of
retook it from Jehan-Guyre-i the Sort of Ekfcar., Afterwards it return’d to Chah-Jehan
Son of Jeban-Guyre, not by the Sword, but by the means of the Governor Aly-Mer»
dan-fyn, who furtendred it to him, and went over to live at his Court, apprehending
the Artifices of his Enemies, who had brought him into disfavour with the King of
Perfia, that fent for him to make him give an accompt, and to deliver up his Govern
ment. The fame City was befieged, and retaken afterwards by the Son of Chab-Ab
bot, and fince that befieged twice again, yet without being taken by Chah-Jehan. The
firft time it was faved from being taken by the ill underftanding and jealoufie between
the Perfian Omf ahs, that are Penfioners of the Great Mogol, and the moft powerful of
his Court, asalfo by the refped they bear to their Natural King: For they all behaved
themfelves very effeminately in the Siege, and would not follow the Raja King Roup, who
had already planted his Standards upon the Wall on the fide of the Mountain. The
fecond time it was faved by the jealoufie of Aureng-Zebe, who would not fall into the
breach of the Wall, that our Eranguls, the Englijh, Portuguefes, Germans and French
had made by their Canon, though it was a large one j being unwilling to have it faid,
that in the time of Vara, who was, in a manner, the firft mover of that Enterprife,and
was then in the City of Caboul, with his Father theFortrefs oi Randa^
bar was taken. Chah-Jehan, fome years before the late trouble, was alfo ready to be-
fiege it the third time, had mtErnir-Jemla diverted him from it, advifing him to turn
his Forces towards Vecan, ( as hath been faid j ) with whom Aly-Merdan-kpn himfelf
concurred, who was To earneft in his diffwading him from it, as to fay to him thefe
words, which I fhall punctually relate, as having fomething extravagant in them:
Tour Majefty will never take Kandahar, unlefs you had fuch aTraytor there at my felfi
except you were refolved never to bring a Perfian into it, and to makg the Bazars or
Markets wholly free, that it, to lay no Impojl on thofe that furnijh the Army with pro*
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At length, Aureng-Zebe, like the others, had prepared himfelf in thefe latter years
to befiege it alfo > whether it was that he was offended at the tart Letters, written to
him by the King of Perfia, or by reafon of the affronts and ill treatment which he had
offer’d to Tarbiet-hgn his Ambaffador Mhat hearing of the King of Perfia's death, he
turned back, faying, ( which yet is not very credible ) that he would not meddle with
a Child,' a new King* although-C/^'^/iw^«, who hath fucceeded his Father, is, in
my opinion, about 25 years of age.
The fixth particular wepurpofed to fpeakof concerns thofe that have faithfully fer-
ved Aureng-Zebe. Thofe he hath almoft all raifed to great places. For firft, as we have
already related, he made Chah-heft-kyn, his Uncle, Governor and General of the Army
of Vecan, and afterwards, Governor of Bengale. Next, he made Mir-kan Governor
of Kaboul i Then Kalil-ullah-kpn, of Labor > and Mirbaba, of Elabos » and Lasker-katt,
of Patna. The Son of that AUah-Verdi-kan of Sultan Sujah, he appointed Governor
of Scimdy, and Fazel-kan, who had confiderably feifv’d him both by his counfels and
dexterity, he made Kane-faman, that is, Great Steward of the Houfe Royal: And Va~
nechmend-kgn. Governor of Vehli, with this particular grace and priviledge, that fince
he is perpetually employed in ftudies and foreign Affairs, he fo difpenfeth with him for
not coming twice a day ( after the ancient cuftom ) to wait on the King in the Affem-
bly, as not to retrench any thing of hispenfion for his abfence, as he doth to the other
Omrahs, if they fail. He hath given to Viamt-kpn the Government of Kacihmer
(alias Cafmere ) that little, and in a manner inacceflible Kingdom, which Ekfrar fei-
zed on by craft, that earthly Paradife of the Indies y which hath its Hiftories written in
its peculiar Language, whereof I have an abridgment in the Perfian Tongue, made by
the command oT Jehan-Guyre, containing a large Catalogue of many very ancienf
- ' ■ I ' , . Kings,