'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.' [‎116] (787/1024)

A Voyage to Kachemire,
Thefirftand the greateft of the Tents, that is reared in this Inclofure, i$ called Am
kyv becaufe it is the place where the King and all the Lords in the Army do afTembl"
about nine a clock in the morning, when the Mbkgm, that is, the ufual puBlick IVhe^
ing is held. For, the Kings of Indoflan, although they are in a march, do not difpenc"
but very rately with this almoft inviolable cuftom, which ispafs’d into a kind of Du
ty and Law, viz. to appear twice a day in theAflembly, there to give order for wH"
Affairs, and to adminiher Juftice.
The fecond, which is little lefs than the firft, and a little further advanced into the
inclofure, is called, Gofl-kgne, that is to fay, a place to wafli in : And here 5 tis where
all the Lords every night meet, and where they come to falute and do obeifance to the
King, as ordinarily they do when they are in the Metropolis. This Affembly in the
evening is very inconvenient to the Omrabs i but it is a thing that looks great and late
ly, to fee a far off, in an obfcure night, in the midft of a Campagne, crofs all the
' Tents of an Army, long files of Torches lighting thefe Omrabs to the Kings Quarters
and attending them back again to their Tents. Tis true, that ' thefe lights are not of
wax as ours, but they laff very long. They are only an Iron put about a flick, at the
end of which are wound raggs of old Linnen from time to time, which is moidned
with Oyl, held by*the Link-men in their hands in a Brafs, or Lafton-£agon>itha lonp
and Freight neck. ”
The third Tent, which is not much lefs than the two firff, and is yet furtherad*
vanced into the Inclofure, is called Kalvet-\dne, that is to fay, a retired or the Privy
. Council-place, becaufe none but the firft Officers of the Kingdom enter into it i and
5 tss there where the greateft and the moft important Affairs are tranfadfed.
Yet further into the Square are .the particular Tents of the King, en'cofnpafsM with
fmall Kanates or Skreens, of the height of a man, and lined with ffained Indian Stuff,
of that elegant workmanfhip of Maflipatam, which do reprefent an hundred forts of
different flowers :and fome of them lined with flowred Sattin with large Silk fringes.
The Tents joyningtothe Kings, are thofe of the Begum Courteous or formal title for (usually Muslim) women of elite status, especially of Turko-Mongol lineage. or Princeffes, and the offer
great Ladies and She-Officers of the Seraglio, which are likewife encompafs’d, as thofe
of the King, with rich Kanates * and amidff all thefe'Tents are placed thofe of the low
er She-Officers, and other ferving-Women, alwayes, upon the matter, in the fame
order, according to their Office.
The Am -kjs, and the five or fix principal Tents are raifed high, that they may be
feen at a good diFance, and the better fence off the heat. IVitbout it is nothing but a
courfe and Frong red cloth, yet beautified and Friped with certain large Fripcs, cut
variouFy and advantagiouFy to the eye : But it is lined with thofe fine Indian
flowred Stuffs, of the fame work of Majlipatam i arid this work is raifed and enriched
with filk, gold and filver Embroideries having great Fringes, or with fome fine flowred
Sattin. The Pillars fupporting thefe Tents, are painted and guild j One marcheth on
nothing but rich TapeFry, having matraffes of Cotton under them four or five inches
thick, and round about thefe TapeFries there are great fquare Rails richly cover’d to
lean upon. ' >
. In each tbe two great Tents where the Affembly is kept, there is raifed a Theater
richly adorned, where the King giveth Audience under a great Canopy of Velvet, or
pur fled with gold. ^ In the other Tents are found the like Canopies, and there you may
^ee alfo fet up certain Karguats, that is, hne Cabinets, whofe little doors are (hut with
Silver-locks. To conceive what they are, you may reprefent to you two fmall Squares
of our Skreens, fet upon one another, and neatly round about faFned to one another
with a Silken-Fring > yet fo that the extremities of the fides of the uppermoF come to
incline upon oneanother.fo as to make a kind of a little Tabernacle with this difference
from our Skreens, that all the tides of thefe are of very thin and flight Firr-boards,
painted and guild without, and enriched round about with gold and Silk-fringes, and
lined within with Scarlet, or flowred Sattin, or purfled with Gold.
And this is very near what I can tell you of what is contained within the great
Square.
What concerns the particulars that are without the Square i there are fir ft two pretty
Tents on both the two fides of the great Entry or Royal Gate, where arc found two
ciioi^e Horfes fadled, and richly harnefs’d, and altogether ready to be mounted upon
occafion, or rather for State and Magnificence.
On the two fides of the fame Gate are placed in order thofs fifty or thrcefcore fmall
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