'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.' [‎65] (736/1024)

Indu where they made themfelves Mafters : fo that he is in a Country almo'l a'i
hoihlei and that the more, becaufe not only for one MoW, but in general for nri
Mabmnetan ,there are hundreds o( Gentiles or Heathen 4 ich obligeth him conftam"
ly to en ertam ( for h< S defence amongrt fo many domeftick and potent Enemies W
agamit the Per^r and his Neighbours J very great Armies, wh foe in dme
of Peace or War as well about his Perfon, as in the Field; as well of the P^nle
the Country, (Rajas and Patans,) as chiefly or at leaft eileemed fuch he
caufe they are White, and Mahumetms ; which fufficeth at prefent ; his Court beintr
no more now as twas at firft, confifting altogether of true A% 9 /r , but amTxtum o^
all forts of ftrangers, Vsbecks, Perfians, Arabians, and Turh or their ChiWr^n K r
with this diftinaion, that the Children of the third or fourth Generatfon "T n
have taken the Brown colour, and the foft humor o “he clS are no’t fo ' h
efteem d as the new comers; being alfo feldom raised to publick Offices but counting
themfelves happy, ,f they may ferve as Ample Horfemen or Foot. counting
Of thefe Armies I am now going to give you fome defeription, that thereby know,
ing the great Expences, which the GrandMogol is oblig’d to be at, you may the better
tomaintaim lcheSi ' et US hrft takcaviewof the field Militia! he is neceflitated
, The chief thereof are the Rajas, filch as >/eig«, Je^mfeignst, and many others
to whom he allows very great Penfions, to have them always^ready with a certain
number of Ragouts, efteeming them like Omrabs, that is, like othel Strangers and
Mabumetan Lords ; both m the Army, that is always about his perfon andinthofe
thrh^l aie ‘ n thC F ldd L Thcfe Ka i M are generally oblig’d to the fame things, that
the Omrabs are, even to the point of keeping Guard; yet ‘ with this diftintffon m!!
they keep not the Guard within theFortrefs, as thofe, but without,under their Tenfs»
lkl " 8 tob 5 . fllut U P Twenty four hours in a Fortrefs, norfo much as ever to
feo thither, but well attended with Men, refolute to be cut in pieces for their fervice 5
as hath appear d, when they have been ill dealt withal.
The Mogol is oblig’d to keep thefe Rajas in his fervice for fundry reafons.
belnfAt t f 0 f he Tajur is very good (as was faid above) and
abOTe^ooo me^^ (aS WaS mtlmated alfo) oneof who[n can bring into the Field
The/W the better to bridle the other Rajas, and to reduce them toreafon
/ ca " tomz 7 or whe n they refufe tp pay Tribute, or when out of fear or
reth it^^’ theV W ‘ n0t 8 ° ° Ut ° f thdt Country t0 the Arm y> when the Mogol requi-
The third, the better to nourilh jealoufies and keennefs amongft them, by favouring
and carefling the one more than the other, which is done to that degree, that they
proceed to fight with one another very frequently. *
The fourth, to employ them againft the Patans, or againft his own Omrabs and Go
vernors, in cafe any of them fhould rife.
Tribnf/^’ cmplcythem againft the King of Golfynda, when he refufetti to pay his
w ,ch tb, 0r M W 5 n | , !, W e , nd the .? in8 of V or fome Rajas his Neighbours,
Which the Mogol hath a mind to rifle, or to make his Tributaries ; the Mood, ’in
the i;j rm R "? t . dann |“ uft hls O^abs overmuch, whomoft ate Perfians, and not of
fame Religion with him, but Chw, like theKings of Perfia and Golhnda.
utmn 'J *?’ and th j m . oftcl ? nfiderable of aI, = is > to employ them againft the Perfians
P cccafion , not daring then alfo to confide in his Omrabs, who , for the greateft
L,:-*- J uft now faid, are Perfians, and confequently have no ftomach to fight
their n u Ur ? n ln | ’ ^ tbe lefs ’ becaufe they believe him to be their Imam,
li / ^ 01 ’fih Prlefl r defeended from Aly, and againft whom therefore they be
lieve they cannot make War witheut a Grime, or a great Sin.
like r 6 t Partbet ob k8 ^ t0 entertain fome Patans for the fame, or fomewhat
use reafons, that he doth the Rajas.
tier nf ^j mud , en . ter , ta ’ n tbat Arart ger Militia of the Mogol's, that we have taken no-
dihu u nd as misis the main ftrengthof hisState, andwhichobligeshimtoincre-
thnimk 7r s \;f tblnks W ' b not ke amifs to deferibe to you, of what nature it is,
mough I ihould be fomewhat long in doing it.
fantrv U « J--4 0r J e . con 9 cr ’. ip you P kafe > this fiwnget Militia, both Cavalry and In
y ’ as divided into t wo i the one, being always near the AfcTs Perfon; the otbe;
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