"رحلات في مناطق مختلفة من أفريقيا وآسيا العظمى لبضع سنوات. وصف إمبراطوريات بلاد فارس وهندوستان خاصةً: بالتداخل مع بعض الأحداث الهامة كما دارت في تلك المناطق أثناء تلك العصور اللاحقة. كذلك الأمر بالنسبة إلى الممالك الشهيرة الغنية الأخرى في الهند الشرقية والجزر المجاورة. والربط بين ديانة ولغة وعادات وأعراف كل منها على حدة: بالإضافة إلى ذكر ملاحظات صحيحة عن كل منها." [‎٢‎٧‎٩] (٤٤٨/٣٠٢)

The tragic fiends of fevera Perfian Trinces.
at that time ferve to-make a fatisfadory return unto the Venetians, t ill imagining that
the Tnrk would gratifie. Now the thanks he gave was this. Amurath no fooner put an
end to the Cyprian War (Anno 1575.) and recruited himfeif after that great and memo
rable defeat given him at Lepanto, but he fell afrefli to quarrel with the Ferfian, upon
no other pretence than the death of Ercat-mir^a his late friend. Accordingly he prepares
to renew the War: whiles the Perfian King ignorant of thofe preparations with what Force
he could invades the £W*/s Gountrey, and happily took Kabul: h\xt hearing that the
TWl intended to profecute the Perfian War, he forthwith retreated to Ca^hyn ; where
amidlt his Martial confultations and provifions Death gave him his fuperfedeas and fum-
moned him to another World (the 1 ith. of May 1576.) after fifty years Rule and 14.
dayes ficknefs, at the age of fixty eight giving up the Ghoft: A great age, the Pro
verb confidered, Kara in Nob Hit ate fenetius 5 and at Ardaveil with all due Ceremony was
interred amongfl: his Royal Anceftors. d
Sha-Tama* left behind him twelve Sons and three Daughters: the Sons were Mahomet,
Ifmael, AyJar, Sulyman, Emangoly, Morad, Mnfiapha, Ally, Harned, Ebrahim, Ham^e, and
Jfma^chan. Mahomet by right of primogeniture claimed but could not have the Grown,
fo ftrong a fadion was raifed by his virago Siller Peria-Conconna in the behalf of Ifmael
the fecond Brother,joyning in the confpiracy, pretending that by reafon of
Mahomet's imperfedion Tamas had nominated Ifmael to fucceed *, fo that Mahomet for the
fafety of his Life was forced to fiie into Georgia, the Conipirators in the interim putting
Aydar and eight others of the Sons of Tamas to untimely deaths. Ifmael neverthelefs
foon after wasferved with the famfc fauce- 7 for one night expeding the admittance of
fome of his haram, Peria-Conconna with four young Saltans difguifed in Womens apparel
entredhis Chamber and took off his Head: By which we fee, ThatLuft and Ambition are
two vices the moft odious of all other •, in regard they ufually are molt vigorous and
powerful minifters to fordid adions which this Princefs being ftained with, her cruelty
was quickly requited by Mahomet , for inforcing his way with 12000. Horfe the Geor-
gims and Cur dyes fupply'd him with, he was no looner feated in the Throne of his Royal
Anceftors but command was gwznSalmas-Mir^a General of the Horfe to retaliate his
Amazonian Sifter, and accordingly her head with her long curled hair dangling down
was upon a Spears point prefented Mahomet, who in the beholding it was affrighted as if
he had viewed Medufaes head.
Thefe inteftine broyles fo weakned the common intereft that the Twho wants no
forefight efpying his advantage prepared with all the force he could draw out of Afia the
lefs, Diarhec and parts about Bagdat to make an entire conqueft, or at leaft to over run
the Perfian, which Countrey alone had fpent him more Men,Treafure and time than all
Natalia and Morea had done by reafon of the inteftine divifions that happened in moft of
thofe Provinces: and having the like hopes of Perfia by thefe diftradions Mufiapha the
cruel and perfidious Bajfa was ordered to undertake that task: which agreeable to his na
ture was readily accepted: fo that albeit the hafte the T/^made was great, yet the prepa
rations being fuch alfo, Mahomet in that interval got himleif quietly poffeft of the Crown
infomuch as uponfirft noife of the Turks approach, (who was at that time
Governour of Keivan and famous for an expert Souldier, fo as he was both known and
feared b^ the Tark^) with a very gallant Body of Horfe encountred the Enemy upon the
Frontiers of Armenia, and in a quick engagement expreft fo much refolution that day as
albeit Maftapha had treble his number, the Van led by Beyram-heg was routed, and pro-
fecuting that charge broke through the whole party, moft of which was cut off without
giving the leaft quarter: which bravery fo inraged the wrathful Baffa that immediately
ordering his whole Body to advance, by their numbers they over-powered the Perfia,
who albeit they fought moft defperately and in that charge flew above ten thoufand
Turks were neverthelefs in fine forced to retreat and leave four thoufand of their com
pany dead in the place V with whofe heads and thofe of his own whom the Perfians had
flain the favage faced a great Bulkwark, inafmuch as nothing could be feen but
ghaftly Faces and Heads, which made it a terrible objed ^ and this he ereded as a
Trophy of his Vidory or rather barbarifm: But reprefented to his Mailer in the befb
fence, as if the flaughter had been much more than really it was: for all which Mu-
ftapha diiliking his late entertainment, and hearing that Salmas-mirz.a was advancing
with a frelh party of Horfe, withal finding upon a Mufter he took that 40000 of his Men
were loft by Fluxes^isEnemies-Sword^and the bad weather they indured palfing the Moun
tains in the way to Teflis , thofe confiderations fwayed with him to retreat: but by the
way being encouraged with a large recruit of Men conduded by Memchar & Georgian
Prince, AUx, his Brother and Son to Leventheheg taking like care for his fupply of vidual,
r he