'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.' [‎67] (738/1024)

fometimes on Horfeback, fometimes carried in a Pakky or Chair, commonly attended
by a good number of Horfemen, to wit, of thofe that have the Guard at that time,a§
alfo by many Footmert marching before, and on his fides, to make way, to drive away
the Flies, to take off the dud with Peacocks tails, to carry water for drink,and ibme-
times Books of Accompts, or other Papers.
All thofe that are at Court, are oblig’d, under a confiderable Penalty, to come twice
every day to falute the King in the Affembly, once about Ten or eleven a clock in the
morning, when he renders Jufticei and the fecond time, about fix hours at night.
They are alfo oblig’d by turns to keep the Guard in the Gaftle once a week , during
twenty four hours. Thither they carry at that time their Beds, Tapifferies and other
Moveables, the King furnilhing them with nothing but Provihons of Meat and Drink,
which they receive with great reverence, making a treble obeifance, with their face
turn’d to his Apartment, their hands down to the ground, and then lifted up upoii
their heads. Befides, .they are oblig’d on Horfeback to follow the King whitherfoever
he marcheth in any weather, rainy or dufty, whether he be carried in his Chair, or on
an Elephant, or a Field-Throne, which laft is done by eight men carrying him on their
fhouldersj eight others marching on his fide, to relieve the others? himfelf being in
all Marches well cover’d from the inconveniencies of the Weather, whether he go to
War, or to Hunt, or to exercife his Soldiery. And this attendance thok Omrahs ar£
to give, except fome of them be exempted by the M^o/, becaufeof their peculiar Of
fices, or upon the account of freknefs or old age, or to avoid embarafment, as com
monly ’tis pra&ifed, when he goeth only to fome neighbouring Town to hunt, or to
fome houfe of Pleafure, or to the Mofquee, there being thenfeldom any about him but
thofe that keep the Guard that day.
Manfebdars are Cavaliers of Manfeb, which is patticular and honourable Pay} not fo
great indeed as that of the Omrahs^ but much greater than that of the others * they
being efteemed as little Omrahs, and of the rank of thofe, that are raifed to that dig
nity. , ,
Theft acknowledge alfo none for their Head but the King, and they are generally ob
liged to whatever we have faid the Omrahs are. In a word, they would be true Om-
rabf, if they had, as divers heretofore have had, fome Horftmen under them ? whereas
they have ordinarily but two, four, orfixHorfes, having the King’s mark, and their
Pay goes so higher than from 200, to <5oo or 700 Roupks a month. Their number al
fo is not fixed, but much exceeds that of the Omrahs, there being of them at the
Court always two or three hundred, befides thofe that are in the Provinces and Ar
mies.
Rouzindars are alfo a fort of Cavaliers, but fuch as have their Pay by the day, ( as
the word it ftlf imports ) which yet fometimes is greater than that of many Manfeb-
dars, bat not fo honourable i but then they are not bound, as the Manfebdars, to take
at afttprice ( which fometimes is not too reafonable ) of thofe Tapifferies and other
Houfhold-ftuff, that hath ferv’d for the King’s Palace, Their number is very great i.
they enter into the meaner Offices, many of them beingClerks, Under-Clerks,Siguet-
Men, and the like.
Simple Cavaliers, are thoft, that are under the Omrahs \ amongft whom the moft
confiderable, and having moft Pay, are thofe that have twoHorfes marked on the Leg
with the mark of their Omrah. Their Pay is riot abfolutely fixed, but depends chiefly
from the generofity of the Omrah, who may favour whom he pleafeth. Yet the Mogol s
intention is, that the Pay of a fimple Cavalier or Hdrftmari be no lefs than twenty five
Roupies, or thereabout a Month, ftating his account with the Omrahs upon that
Foot. . . .
The Pay of the Foot is the leaft j and their Mufljuetiers are pitiful men, unlefs they
difeharge when their Mufquet leans on that fmall wooden Fork hanging to it ? yet even
then they are afraid of lingeing their great Beards, and of burning their Eyes, but moft:
of all, leaft fome T>gen or evil Spirit burft their Mufquet. Some of theft have 20
Roupks a Month, fome 15, fome 10. But yet there are fome Gunners that have great
Pay, efpecially thofe of the Franguk or Cbriftians, as Portuguefes, Englijh, Dutch, Ger
mans, French, that retire thither from Goa, flying from Englijh and Dutch Companies.
Heretofore when the Mogols did not yet know how to manage Artillery, their Pay was
very great. And there are yet fome of that time, who have 200 Roupks a Month ? bu£
now they will receive none for more than thirty two. .
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