'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.' [‎35] (354/1024)

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Book I.
From Gate to Nader, coltes
Nader k a great City upon the defcent of a Mountain, at the top whereofis
v a Find of Fortrefs} all the Mountain being encompafl with walls. The greateft
part of the Houfes, as in all other Cities of India, are thatch’d with ftraw, one
Story high ^ but the Rich-men’s Houfes, are two Stories, and terrafs’d. Round
about the City are feveral gregt ponds to be feen, which were formerly encom-
paft with hewn-ftone, but now are not at all look’d after : yet there are very fair
Monuments about them. The fame River V^hich wepaftthe day beforehand which
we rbpafs four or five Cofies on this fide Nader, encompafies three parts of the
City and Mountain,like a Pemnfda,2X& after,a long winding-courfe which it takes
falls at length into Ganges. At Nader the^make a great quantity of quilted-
Coverlets, fome white, others embroidered wit|i # Flowers of Gold,Silk and Satin,
from Nader to Barqui-ftra, coftes * ^
From Barqm-fera to Trie, coJfes ^
From Trie to Gcmakor, colles 5
G 9 nale or is a great City ill-built, like all the reft, after the manner of the In
dians it is built all along the fide of a Mountain that lies upon the Weft-fideof
it j and which at the top is encompaft with Walls and Towers. There are in this
Enclofure feveral Ponds made by the rains} and what they fow there isfufficient
to keep the Garrifon : For which reafon it is efteem’d one of the beft in thz In
dies. Upon the defcent of the Hill, which looks towards the North-eaft, Cba-
jem built an Houfe of Pleafure j from whence there is a Profped over all the
City, and indeedit may ferve for a Garrifon. Below the Houfe are to be feen fe
veral Idols cut out of the Rock, reprefenting the lhapes of their Gods: And
among the reft, there is one of an extraordinary heighth.
Since the Mahometan Kings became Mafters of this Countrey, this Fortrefs of
Gouakor is the place where they fecure Princes and great Noblemen. Cha-jehan
coming to the Empire by foul-play, caus’d all the Princes and Lords whom he
miftrufted, to be feiz’d one after another, and fentthem to the Fortrefs of Goua-
kor * but he fufter’d them all to live, and enjoy their Eftates. Anreng-z*eb his Son
afts quite otherwife } For when he fends any great Lord to this place, at the end
of nine or ten days he orders him to be poifon’d^ and this he does that the peo
ple may not exclaim againft him for a bloody Prince. So foon as he had in his
clutches Prince Morat-Bakche his youngeft Brother, whom he engaged to take
Arms againft his Father Cha-jehan and who being Governor of the Province
oiGuurat, took upon him the Title of King, hefent him to this Fortrefs, where
he dy’d. They have made him a moft magnificent Monumentinthe City ina
Mofcjuee, which they built on Purpofe, with a great Biaz.z.a before it all fur-
rounded with Vaults and Shops over them. For it is the cuftom of the Indians,
when they rear any publick building, to make a great before it, where
they keep their Markets, with a Foundation for the Poor, to whom they give
Alms every day, as being to pray to God for him that rais’d the Fabrick.
Five CofPs from Goaaleor, you ford a River which is called Lantkg.
From Gonaleor to Paterki-fera, coftes 3
From Paterkj-fera to Qaariqui-fera, coftes 10
There is a Bridg at Paterkj.fera, confiftingof fix yvide Arches’5 and the River
you go over is call’d Qmrinado.
From Qmriki-fera to Dolpoara, coftes $
At Dolpoura there is a great River which is call’d Chammelnadi, to which there
belongs a Ferry-Boat •* The River it felffalls into the Gemena between A<rra and
r~I si I /fk si p
At Mnafqm-fera there is a River whichds call’d Jagomadi. You pafs it over
a very long Bridg, built of Stone, the name whereofis JaoHlcaponl.
From Minafqui-fera po this Bridg, coftes 8
Not far from this Bridg it is, that they view the Merchants Goods, that when
they come to Agra they may not be deceiv’d of their duties. But more parti
cularly to fee whether among the Casks of Fruits pickl’d in Vinegar, in pots of
Llafs, there be no flasks of Wine. & > i
From Dolpoara to Mihafqm-fera, coftes
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