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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.' [‎16] (27/1024)

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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The CONTENTS of
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The Firft B O O K of thel NT> UN Travels. What
Roads to take in Travelling from Ijpahan to
Jgra to Dehlj and Gehanabat, where the Great Mogul
ichdes at preient i And how to T ravel alio to the
Court of the King of Golconda, to the King of Vifa-
four ,and to many other places in the
T He Road from IfpaWan to Agra through Gomron, where is
Chap. I - particularly dejcrib’d tie manner of Sail Ormus
to Surat. . :t >
Chap. II. Of the Cujloms, Money, Exchange, Weight, and Meajures of
^Indians. . ? . 1 7
Chap. III. Of their Carriages, and the manner of travelling in India. 17
Chap. IV. The Road from Surat to Agra, through Biampour and Sc-
range. 1°
Chap. V. The Road from Surat to Agra, through Amadabat. 36
Chap. VI. The Road from Ifpahan to Agra, through Candahar. 43
Chap. VII. The continuance of the fame Road from Dehly to Agra. 48
Chap. VIII. The Road from Agra to Patna and Daca, Cities^ in the Pro
vince of Bengala , and of the quarrel which the Author had with C1V0-
Eft-Kan, the Kings Vnckle. 5 1
Chap. IX. The Road from Surat to Golconda. do
Chap. X. Of the Kingdom 0/Golconda, and the Wars which it has main
tain'd for fame fhv years laft fafl. 6 s
Chap. XI. The Road from Golconda to Maflipatan, or Mafahpatan. 69
Chap. XII. The Road from Surat to Goa, and from Goa to Golconda,
through Vilapour. - . I 1
Chap. XIII. Obfervations upon the prefent State of the City of Goa. 74
Chap. XIV. What the Author didduringhi's flay at Goa, the laft time he
went thither, in the year 1648. 7 ®
Chap. XV. The Story of Father Ephraim, and how he was put into the
Tnquifttion at Goa by a furprifal. , 7
Chap. XVI. The Road from Goa to Maflipatan through Cochin, here
defcrib’d in the Story of the taking of that City by the Hollanders.
Chap. XVII. The paffage by Sea from Ormus to Maflipatan. 90
Chap. XVIII. The Road from Maflipatan Gondicot, a City and Gar-
rifon in the Province c/Carnatica ; and of the dealings which the Author
had with Mirgimola, who commanded the King ef Golconda r Amy.
With a difcourfe at large concerning E ep hants. 91
Chap. XIX. The Road from Gsndicot to Golconda. 100
Chap. XX. The Authors re turn from Surat to Ormus. I& >
The Second B O O K of the 1 N 2) I 2ST Travels. Con
taining an Hiftorical and Political Defcription of the
Empire of the Great SMogul.
Chap. I. A Relation of the laft Wars of Indoftan,which gives an infight into
J\the prefent Eft ate of the Empire and Court of the Moguls^ioe

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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.' [‎16] (27/1024), British Library: Printed Collections, 567.i.19., in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100026187077.0x00001c> [accessed 19 April 2024]

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