"مجموعات لرحلات عبر تركيا إلى بلاد فارس، وجزر الهند الشرقية. تقدم تقريراً عن الوضع الحالي لهذه الدول، وكذلك الرواية الكاملة لحرب السنوات الخمس بين أورنكزيب وإخوته في حياة والدهم، بشأن الخلافة. والرحلة البحرية التي قام بها سلطان الامبراطورية المغولية الأكبر (أورنكزيب) مع جيشه من دلهي إلى لاهور، ومن لاهور إلى بيمبر، ومنها إلى مملكة كشمير، والتي يطلق عليها المغول جنة جزر الهند. كما تحتوي أيضاً على سرد لمملكة اليابان وتونكين، وعن سلوكياتهم الخاصة وتجارتهم. يضاف إليها وصفاً جديداً إلى سراي السيجنيور الأكبر، وكذلك لكافة الممالك التي تضم البحر الأسود وبحر قزوين، والتي كان يسافر إليها مونسير تافيرنييه بيرنييه، وغيره من الرجال العظام." [‎١] (١٠٢٤/٣٠)

Chap. I.
THE
FIRST BOOK
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o nsieur TAVERNIERs
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Containing the feveral
From PARIS to ISPAHAN the Chief
City of <P E S I .1.
Through the Northern Provinces of TURKT.
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C H A P. I.
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Of the <lfoads from France to the hither parts of Afia, and the
(places from whence they ufually fct out for Ifpahan.
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Man cannot travel in Jfia, as they do in Europe 9 nor at th%
fame Hours, nor with the lame cafe. There are no weekly
Coaches or Wagons from Town to Town ; befides, that the
boil of the Countries is of feveral natures. In j 4 fia you fhall
meet with feveral Regions untill’d and unpeopl’d, either
through the badnefs of the Climate and Soil, or the (loth of
the Inhabitants, who rather choofe to live miferably, than
to work. There are vaft Defects to crofs, and very dangerous,
both for want of Water, and the Pvobberies that the j 4 rabs
daily commit therein. There are no certain Stages, or Inns to entertain Travellers.
The bcft Inns, efpecialiy in Turkie, are the Tents which you carry along with, you,
and your Hofts are your Servants, that get ready thofe Vi&uals which you have
bought in good Towns. You fet up your Tent in the open Field, or in any Town
where there is no Inn : and a good fhift too in temperate weather, when the Sun
is not too hot, or that it does not rain. In the Carvanferds or Inns which are more
frequent in Terfia than in Turkic, there are perfons thatfurnifh you withProvifions,
and thcfirft come arebeft ferved. As for Turkic it is full of Thieves, that keep in
Troops together, and way-lay the Merchants upon the Roads, and if they be not
very well guarded will certainly rob them: nay many times murder them. A mif-
chief prevented in Pcrfia by the well order’d convenience which is provided for
Travellers. To avoid thefe dangers and inconveniences, you are oblig’d to ftay
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