'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.' [‎120] (439/1024)

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Travels in India.
Part II.
to force the Palace, and after they had put all the Royal Familyto theSw~^—
proclaim him King of Arakin. But this Plot being difcover’d the day irft } ^
have been executed, Sultan Sujah y and Saltan Bangue, his Son, had no othe ^
to fave themfelves, but by flight into the Kingdom of Tegu. But their wav*! ^
over Mountains almofl impaflable, and through thick Forrefts full of TiJ
Lions, and being alfo clofely purfu’d, their flight avail’d them little or noth’
Sultan Bangue however being behind, to keep the Purfuers in play while hi t
ther and his Family gain’d ground, ftoutlydefended himfelfagainftthefirflAf
failants, but at length being overpower’d by number,he was taken together with
his two little Brothers, his Mother and his Sifters; who were all put i n p r ;f n
where they were very ill-us’d. But feme time after, the King having a deiir T
• marry the eldeft Sifter of Sultan Bangue^ they had a little more liberty alWd
them. However they enjoy’d it not long, for the young Prince being of a tur
bulent and ambitious fpirit, plotted new treafons againft the King, which being
difcover’d, the King immediately caus’d the whole Family to be put to death not
fparing the young Princefs his Wife, though Ihe were big with Child. 5 1
As for Sultan Snjahjnho was formoft among thofe that fled,it is moregenerallv
thought that either he was flain by the Souldiers who were fent to apprehend
him, or that he was torn in pieces by the Tigers and Lions; of which thofe For-
refts are full.
CHAP. VII.
Of the beginning <?/ Aureng zebV Reign, and the Death of Cha-jekn
his Father.
S Ome days before he afeended the Throne, he fent to his Father to fend him
fome of his Jewels, to the end he might appear before his people with the
fame magnificence as his Predeceflbrs had done. Cha-jehan taking this requeft
of his Sons for an affront put upon him in Prifon,fell into fuch a rage that he con
tinu’d mad for fome day es,and had like to have dy’d upon it. In the excefs of his
vexation he call’d feveral times for a Morter and a Peftle,threatning to beat all his
v Jewels to powder before his Son fhould have them. But Begum Courteous or formal title for (usually Muslim) women of elite status, especially of Turko-Mongol lineage. -Saheb, his eldeft
Daughter,never forfook him,thro wing her felf at his feet,and by vertueofthat
criminal power which file had over him, as being both his Daughter and his
Wife, kept him from ufing that extremity; more out of a defign to prefervethe
Jewels for her felf, than for her Brother, to whom fhe had always been a mortal
enemy. For this reafbn, when Aureng-z.eb afeended the Throne,he had no more
than one Jewel upon his Bonnet .* This Bonnet cannot be call’d a Crown; and by
confequence neither can the Ceremony be call’d a Coronation.
At the time that Aureng-z^eb took pofleflion of the Throne, he would not eat
any wheaten-bread,nor meat, nor fifh,but fed upon bafley-bread,herbs andfweet-
meats, which was a kind of Penance that he impofs’d upon himfelf for fo many
crimes.
When Aureng-zeb was fettled in the Empire,,feveral Embaffadorscame to Jeba-
. : mbat to congratulate him, on the behalf of the Kings their Mailers, as from the
King of the Vsbeck Tartars> the Seriff of Mecca^ the Prince of Balfara, 2nd the
Kings of Arabia Felixynnd Ethiopia. The Hollanders alfb fent Men heir Adrican^
chief of their Factory An East India Company trading post. in Surat, who was kindly receiv’d,and firft difpatch’d. For
’tis a piece of State, to keep the EmbafTadors a good while at Court before they
have Audience. All thefe Embafladors prefented Aureng-z,eb vi\xh the rarities of
their Countrey; who to get himfelf a good name in Afia, fent them away very
well fatisfi’d.
Some, months before the death of Cha-jehan Aureng-zeb fent an EmbafTador
into Perfia,who was magnificently receiv’d. For a month together he was nothing
but feafted and carefs’d with all manner of di vertifements. The day that he was