'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.' [‎25] (58/1024)

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Out of this Court you pdfs into another which is iefs^ and, pav’d with brdac!
Stones, with a Rivulet running through the middle. The Entry into it is.through
a Door, fortifi’d with Iron Chains like the former, and is made at a corner of the
great Court upon the left hand. Me brings you prefently udder b. Borneo f where
there are fair Balconies rais’d after thefafhion of theCopmry Thole Balconies
are full of feveral People; either Pilgrims, or perfons whole Crimes conftrain them
thither for Sanctuary. In that place you mull leave yoqr Stick and your Sword,
before you go any, farther *, and give fomething befides to a Moitliah, who is always
attending there with Books. ^ : c, > .
In that fecond Court through which the Rivulet glides, on the one fide are Bath?^
on the other Granaries for Rice and Corn; and upon the left hand, at the end of
the fame Court, there is a little Door which brings you to a place where the Royal
Alms are diftributed to the Poor, Morning and Evening ; being juft againft the
King’s Kitchin. This Gate is cover'd with Plates of Silver; and in the Kitchi:*
there are about thirty Ovens contriv’d in the Wall; with as many great Caldrons
to drefs Pilaw and other Food, as well for the Pooras for the Officers of the Mofquee.
While thefe Alms are diftributing, the Maftef-Cook, who commands all the reft,
lets upon a Chair cover’d with Plates of Silver, and fees that every thing be done
in order. He fees to the meafuring out the Rice every day for the Kettles, and
caufes the Vi&uals to be divided in his own fight: For there is an excellent Oeco-
nomy in the King’s Houfe. ■ 7
At the end of chd Vonico beyond the firft Court th6re are iw'd Gates, one beyond
another, both cover’d with Plates of Silver, between thofe two Gates on the
right hand appears a little A / Iofquee r where are the Tombs of {cy£Yti\ Perfian Princes
of the Blood Royal. You muft have a great care not to tread npon the Thretholds
of the Gates; for itisaCrime not to be expiated without a fevere Punilhmcnt.;
From hence through a little He, you come into the Body of the Church, richly
hung with Tapcftry, and fet about with high Desks, where lyea great many Books,
wherein the Moullahs, or Doaors of the Law read continually, having Stipends
to Officiate in the Mofquee. At the end of the Body of the Mo fa nee, is a little
Oftagonal Monument, like the Choir of a Church,, in the midft whereof ftandsthe
Monument of Sha-Sefi, It is only of Wood, but curiouOy Carv’d arid inlaid. It
exceeds not the height of a Man of an ordinary ftature; and lecms l ike a great Cheft,
haying f@ur Apples of Gold letup at each corner*. ItiscoverM withaGrimfori
Satin purfl d with Gold ; and all the other Tombs that are by it, are cover’d with
-SiIks as ricn. As well in the Choir as-in the Body of the Church, there are abun^
dance of Lamps, fomeof Gold, lomeof Silver ; but thebiggeftof all is of Silver*
gilded and vermilion d, and neatly engrav d. There are alfo fix great Branches of a
curious fort of Wood, cover’d with Silver, with great Wax Candles in them, which
are never lighted but at their great Feftivals.
^Frpm.the where ftands the Tomb of Shd-Sefij you go under a little Vault,
which endofes another Monument of another King of Perfia, whofe Name fcould
hot learn. It looks like another great Cheft, curioufly wrought, and cover’d with
Satin. The Roof of the Mofauee is adorn’d within with a Painting of Gold and
Azure, ^ U More fane ; on the out-fide, with a fair Varnifti of feyeral Colours, like,
the {lately Mofauee, at Tautii*
In the adjacent Parts round about Ardellil are.feveral Monuments .worth a Man’s
ig it, being veiy ancient; and fome which are ruin’d, fhew by what remains the
care wich they took to enrich them with curious Workmanlhip. A quarter of
a r T r , e Cit y ftands a Mofquec r in which are the Tombs of the Father
and Mother erf Sba-Sefi It is a fair Stru&ure,-with Gardens.and Courts, in one of
Winch there is a very dear Fountain where they keep Fifh.
Ardejul is not only famous, as I have faid already, for the Royal Sepulchers which
are ir J it, and for the Pilgrimages which have been made to it from all parts of Perfidt,
but the numerous Cr^of Silk, which fometimes confift of eight or nine hun
ted Camels, add very much to its Grandeur. For being near to Guilanand Sba«
Trom whence thofe vaft quantities of Silk come; arid for that the Road from
otn thole places, to Conflantimple and Smyrna, lyes through this City, there is
a continual confluence ot Merchants, and ail forts of Merchandises ate here to be
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