"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." [‎١‎١‎١] (١٠٢٤/٦٦٠)

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together agreed to make lome kind ot lubmiffion 5 and fue for pardon and peace.
Whereupon they fenc Ambaiiadors unro Tememe^ where the Rv(fe Army was encamp*
cd 5 and after a Treaty with the Czar's Plenipotentaries, they agreed upon thefe Ar
ticles, That the Comvkgs ftiould rchore the Towns they had taken, and aid the Empe-
rour with fuch a number of Souldiers, as he fhould require, againlt any Enemy what*
foever,whereunto their Heads being Sworn,they have inviolably obferved the Agree
ment unto this day. Buck’s time we take our leave of Gildar, Prince of ierfa and
his Conwkes, and proceed into Sbercajfen Land, part of which as I hinted before, lyes
upon the Black Sea, and extends it ielf Unto the Caflian.
This fide of CircaJJia which borders upon the Cafpim Sea, is a very plentiful Coun
trey ; and as for Fifh, it is fo wonderfully plentiful, that in Tumtim you may ordina
rily purchafe a good Sturgeon for two pence, and fometimes for a penny; a mod pro
digious quantity of Filh being taken in the Xiver of the Weefira, and about the Eland
ot Cbekiene, which is off at Sea not far kom^urmim. On the main Land, over
againft this Fifhery, 4 miles above the River of 2er%, there is a great Well, made by
a Spring, which fails from a Rock, on the fide of a great Hill* and immediately fills
this Little Lake, which whether it is Natural or Artificial,! know not. The Water of
this Lake is fo fcalding hot,that the Fifhers flinging in their Sturgeon or other Fifh,it
is in a fhort time boyled, as if over a fire, the heat being fo intenfe, that no Man can
detain his hand in it for a moment; from which ftrange Quality it derives its Name*
being called by the G&racba Colloda i or the Scalding Well.
I fhall conclude my Difcourfe with a fhort Account of the Little Nagoy, or of that
part thereof which confines upon the Caftian ; for all that ipace between tumeine and
Allman^ is by many alefibed unto the Nagoy Tartars. I did before declare, That the
Little Nagoy is for the mod part a wide wafle Defart, the word of which is all that
fracf which lyeth between Tumeine and Ajlracan. Thefe Tartars have no Town but
only Affhowa, which is not properly theirs, though lying in their Countrey, being
poflcfled by the Turks.
There is a fort of people in this Countrey, whom the Tartars call Sigakes 5 1 could
never learn what their language is, or from what Placeor Nation they proceed; nor
could I underdand after what manner they live, whether they have any Religion, or
Civil Government. Their chief Subfiflance is what they gain from the Tartars ; for
they gather fomrimes 2 or 3000, and rob the fmaller Hords of the Tartars, and thofe
which are mod remote from help. But fometimes the Tartars difeovering the place of
their Retreat or Rendevous, furround them with their Carts, and then fall in, cut
themiall od^ never giving Quarter unto any ; no Crime being fo feverly punifhed
amongd the Tartars, as Thievery ; which makes me apprehend, that thefe Sigafyszre
fome of their own people, who formerly deferred them upon fome extraordinary
occafion : But whatfoever is the realon, they do mod irreconcileably hate each the
other.
The mod noted Places on that fide the Little Nagoy, which regards the Sea*
and lye all along the Coad from Tumeine to Adracan, are Sbeerlona Teare .( where I
Was fird taken Prifoner by the Tartars ) Peremetka, Arfl Bajh, Moyackye, Bealla Ojbera
Bajhmackakg, Kaboylly Macbakpfskp , Cbojhway , and fb over the Volga unto
Ajirachan.
And co conclude all, /{hall here enumerate all the Places on the Coad near Aflra-
which have Names that are confiderable for Havens, Trade, Fifhing, or any
other remarkable Circurqdance. Soteeza Bockyrra, Vcujlowa Coffa, Beerulska Coffa, Ewan~
Ibosky Cojfa, Seammz Bogarojfe, TuJJbcleojf Lapateene, Cbaska Cojfa, Crofiia Bogore, Cock*
mfktf Coffa, 0 war ska Coffa, Comajhaska Coffa, Colloberinska Coffa, Cocktaborp, Buffanska
Lapaten, Kara Buff an ; which lad place is not far from Sheene Mare, which I have
formerly mentioned.
. I c ^nnot fo exa&ly tell the Circumference of the Cajpian, as of the Black Sea, ha-'
vmgbeen only on the North and Wed fide; but howfoever I fhall from what I have
foenand learnt from experienced perfons, be enabled to approach very near unto
the Truth.
The Didance between Aflracan and the Jakff, is 500 miles; from thence unto the
Qnnnes of Bochara 500 miles: From Jaxartees to Perfia, and thence unto Gilian ^ac
cording unco my Information, 1100 miles. From Gilan unto Koifa 500 miles: From
~ ‘ thence