'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.' [‎30] (63/1024)

The Persian Travels Book I.
have rub’d him to refrefh him, after a Combat fo courageoufly maintain’d, every
one fends him Prefents, which arc all the Tumblers profit. The Kano* Governour
of Kom, who was prefent with a hundred Horfes richly trap’d to behold the Sight,
fent the Bull a Prefent of ^oTornans, or 750 Crowns. They who accompany’d him,
and the chief Inhabitants of Kom , gave him fome a Garment, others a Girdle.
Neither did the meaneft of the People fpare to fend or carry him Fruits, or ©ther^
things, according to their abilities. r , , ,
The Kan was a Lord who was very civil, and there was no Stranger that did not
commend his behaviour, in regard he was fo obliging. ?
So foon as I came to the place, whether it was that he perceiv d me with a Dutch
man that I had brought along from Confiantino^le^ or whether any one had inform’d
him that there were Strangers near him,he fent for us, and after he had ask’d us fome
Oueftions concerning the occafion of our Travelling, he fent for a Seat and causd
us to fit down. Then he ask’d us whence we came, and what we did at Iftahan •
to which when we had anfwer’d him, that we went to wait upon the King, heap-
proved our Intention, complaining that we had not given him advice of our Arrival.
In the Evening he fent us fcveral Delicacies, among the reft, fix fair Melons, and
four Bottles of excellent Wine.
He appear’d to me fo brave and generous a Perfon, that I was very much trou
bled afterwards for his being in dis favour with the King, and his death, which
enfu’d. For this ^finding the Walls of the City, which were only of Earth,
and the Bridge over the River to be out of repair, without writing to the King, of
his own head, laid a flight Impofition upon every Basket of Fruit that was brought
into the City. Now there arc in all the Cities of Terfia^ perfons who are bird to
take an account every Week what the Commodities may be worth, and to take
care that no more than fuch a Toll be laid upon any thing ^ which they tax among
themfelves, and when they had fet the Rate, they caufe it to be cry’d at the
beginning of every Week. Sha-Sefixhzn reign’d, it being the year 1632. The
King being inform’d by thefe people of the Impoft which the Kan had fet upon
Fruit without his knowledge, was fo engag’d againft him, that he caus’d him to be
brought in Chains to Jfpahan, where he us’d him with a ftrange feverity. For at
that time the Son of the Kan flood at the King’s Elbow, it being his Office to give
him his Pipe and his Tobacco, which is a very honourable Employment m Perfia.
When the Kan came, the King caus’d him to be carry’d to the Gate of the Palace,
in the prefence of all the People, and then commanded his Son to pull the Hair
of his Father’s Muftaches by the roots from his Skin. After that he commanded him
to cut off his Nofe and his Ears; after that to put out his Eyes, and laftly to cut off
his Head. When he had done the Execution according to the King’s pleafure,
he commanded him to go and take poffeflion of his Fathers Government, and
allowing him an experienc’d Old Man for his Lieutenant, he fent him to Kom with
thefe words} If thou govern*]} no better than this dead Dog has done, I will fht
thee to a more cruel Death than this.
Leaving Kom, for four hours you travel over a fair Champain Country, after
which you come to a fair Village with five or fix Inns in it. Beyond that is nothing
but Sand, till you come to a place call’d Abfchirim, ot Frejh-water, where there
are three Inns at a Diftance from any Villages. From Abfchirim to Cachan is fix
hours journey through a Corn Country, and ftor’d with great Villages.
Cachan is a large City, well peopl’d, and furnifh’d with all things neceffary for
humane fubfiftance: There is an old Wall about it which is fain down in many
places, fo that there is no need of feeking for Gates to get into the City. On that
fide which looks toward Ifpahan the Soil is good, and produces great ftore of Fruit
and Wine, which the Jews take care to make. It is reckon’d that there are in
Cachan a thoufand Families of Jew* in Ifpahan about fix hundred ; but in Kom there
are not above nine or ten. Not but that there arc many Jews in Perjia, but thole
that live in Ifvahan, Cachan and Kom, boaft: themfeves particularly of the I ribe
of Judah.
T here are an abundance of Silk-Weavers in Chachan that are very good Woik-
men, which make all the beft purfl’d Sattins mix’d with Gold and Silver, that come
out of Perfia. There they alfo coyn Money, and make Copper-veffels, which they
vend in great quantities at a good diftance off. The Market-houfes are very fair