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'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.' [‎75] (746/1024)

The record is made up of 1 volume (898 pages). It was created in 1684. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.

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chants excepted, Jufticeis only among the meaneft fort of People, that are poor, and of
an unequal condition, who have not the means of corrupting the Judges, and to buy
falfe Witneffes, that are there in great numbers, and very cheap, and never puniflied 0
And this I have learn’d every where by the experience of many years, and by my felici
tous Enquiries made among the People of the Country, and our old Merchants thatare
in thofe Parts, as alfo of Ambaffadors, Gonfuls and Interpreters i whatever our com
mon Travellers may fay, who, upori their having feen by chance* -when they palled by,
two or three Porters, or others ot the like Gang, about a K^dy^ quickly fhfpatching
oneor other of the Partied, and fometimes both, with fome la&es under the foie of
their Feet, or with a Maybale Baba, fome mild words, when there is no Wool to Iheer,
who, I fay, upon fight of this, come hifkSfand cry out, O the good and ftiort Ju-
ftice ! O what honeft Judges are thofe in refpedf of ours! Not confideringin the mean
time, that if one of thofe Wletches, thaf is In the wrong,” had a couple, of Crowns to
corrupt the Kady^ or his Cle^cs, and as much to buy two falfe WitnefTes, he might ei
ther win his Procefs, or prolong it as long as he pleafed.
In conclufion, to be fhort, 1 fay,i That tHe I taking away this Propriety of Lands
among private men, would be infallibly to introduce at the fame time Tyranny,Slavery,
Injufiice, Beggary, BarbarifinVPefolatlon, and to open a Highway for the ruine and de-
flrudtion of Mankind, and even of Kings <and States: And that oil the contrary f this
Meum and T'mm^ accompanied with the hopes that every one (hall keep,what he works
and labours for, for himfelf and"his Children,- as his own, is the main foundation of
whatever is regular and good in the World : Infomuch that whpfoeyer (hall call his
eyes upon the different Countries and Kingdoms, and taketh good notice of what fol
lows upon this Propriety of Sovereigns, of that of the People, will foon find the true
fource and chief caufe of that great difference we fee in the feveral States and Empires
of the World, and avow, that this is in a manner that which changes and diverfifieth
the Face of the whole Earth.
. ■ ■, X 11
'the End of the SECOND 'TOME*

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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.

Author: John-Baptist Tavernier

Publication details: Printed for Moses Pitt at the Angel in St Paul's Churchyard, MDCLXXXIV [1864].

Physical description: Pagination. Vol. 1: [18], 184, 195-264, [2]; [2], 214; [6], 94, [6], 101-113, [1] p., [23] leaves of plates (1 folded). Vol. 2: [8], 154; [12], 14, [2], 15-46, 47-87, [3]; 66 p., [10] leaves of plates (2 folded).

Misprinted page numbers. Vol. 1, part I: 176 instead of 169; 169 instead of 176; 201 instead of 209; 202 instead of 210. Vol. 1, part II: 56 instead of 58; 61 instead of 63; 178 instead of 187. Vol. 1, part III: 13 instead of 30; 49 instead of 48. Vol. 2, part II: 93 instead of 39.

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1 volume (898 pages)
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The volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings and page references which covers all four books within the volume. There is also a list of illustrations giving titles anf page references. There is an alphabetic index at the end of Books I and II and a separate alphabetic index of place names which accompanies the map at the beginning of book IV.

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'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.' [‎75] (746/1024), British Library: Printed Collections, 567.i.19., in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100026187080.0x000093> [accessed 18 June 2026]

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