'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.' [‎60] (731/1024)

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tremity. Next, which is very confiderable, they know alfohow to convey Mony un
derhand to the Chieftains of the Mogolian Army ^ who thereupon advife the Court,
that it is more to purpofe to ztt3.ch Eifapouv^ as being nearer to T)auht-Abad. Fur
ther, They fend every year very confiderable Prefents to the Great Mogof by v/ay of
Tribute, which confift partly in fome rare Manufadures of the Country-, partly in
Elephants, which they fend for from Eegu^ Siam^ zn^Geilan^ partly in fair ready ma
ny. Laftly, The Hogol confiders that Kingdom as his own, not only becaufe he looks
upon the King thereof as his Tributary, but chiefly iince that Agreement heretofore
fpoken of, which the prefent King made with when he belicg’d Golkpnda-,
and there beingalfo no place able to refift, even from Vanlet-Abad unto Goltynda , hd
judgeth, that when he (hall think fit to pufhfor it, he may take in the whole Kingdom
in oneCampagne > which, in my opinion, he would certainly have done, if he did not
apprehend, left fending his Forces towards the King of Vifapour (houkl en
ter into Decan j as, no doubt, he would do, knowing it to be very important to his
Confervation, that that Kingdom may always fubiift as now it is.
From all which, fomething may be underflood of the In te re As and Government of
the King of Golkgnda with the Mogof and what way he taketh to fupport himfelf
againft him. Yet notwithftanding afi this, I And this State much (haken, in regard
that the King that now is, lince that unhappy Adair of Aureng-Zebe and Emir-Jemla,
feemstohave loft heart, and as 5 twere abandon’d the reins of the Kingdom,not daring
anymore to-'go forth of thisFortrefs of Golkpuda, nor fo much,as appear in publickto
give Audience to his People, and to render juitice,according to the cuAom of the Coun
try: Which difcompofeth things very much, and occafions the Grandees to tyrannize
over the meaner fort of People, and to lofc even their refped: to the King,often flight
ing his Commands, and confidering him no more than a Woman i and the People,
weary of the injuflice and ill treatment, breathing after nothing but Attretig-Zehe. Tis
eafie to judge of the Areights this poor King is in, by four or five Particulars I am
about to relate.
Thefirff, that Anno 16 Sj. when I was at Golhgnda, King Aureng-Zehe having fent
an ^mbaflfador Extraordinary to declare War to tflat King, unkfs he would furnifli
him with Ten thoufand Horfe againft Vifapour ^ he did extraordinary honour, and give
exceflive Prefents to that Ambaffador, as well for him in particular, as for Aumig-
Zehe^ and made an agreement with him, to fend him, not Ten thoufand Horfe, but as
much Mony as is neceflfary to maintain fo many i which was all that Aureng-Zebe look
ed for.
The fecond is, That Aureng-Zebe's AmbafTador in Ordinary, that is conffantly at
Golkpnda, commands, threatens, ftriketh, gives Pafs-ports, and faith and doth vvhat-
foever he will, no man daring with the leaft word to crofs him.
The third is. That Mahmet-Emir-kan , the Son of Emir-Jemla, though he be no
more than a Ample Omrah of Aureng-Zebe^ is yet fo much refpecfted through that
whole Kingdom, and efpecially in Ma/lipatan, that the Eaptata^ his Commillioner, is,
as ’twere, Mafter thereof, buying and felling, bringing in and fending abroad his Mer
chants Ships, no Body daring to contradidf him in any thing, nor to demand any
Cuftoms. So great was once the power of Etnir-Jemla his Father in this Kingdom,
which time hath not yet been able to root out.
The fourth is, That the Hollanders fcrupk not to threaten him fometimes, to lay an
Embargo upon all the Merchants Ships of the Country that are in that Port, and not
to let them go out, until their demands be grafted > as alfo to put in ProteAations
againft him : which I have feen adually done, upon the account of an Engltjb Vdfel,
which they had a mind to take by force in the Port of Maflipatan it felf, the Gover
nor having hindred it, by arming the whole Town againft them, and threatning to
put Fire to their Fa&ory, and to put them all to death.
A fifth is, That the Portuguefes, as poor, and miferable, and decayed, as they are
in the Indies, yet fticknot to threaten that King alfo with War> and that they will
come and fack Majlipatan, and all thatCoaft, if he will not render them that place of
St. Thomas, which fome years ago they chofe to put into his hands, rather than to be
conftrained to yield it up to the Dutch, J
Yet for all this, I have been informed in Golkonda, by very intelligent perfons, tjiat
this King is a Prince of very great judgment, and that whatever he fo does and fuf-
fers, is only in policy, to the end to provoke no body, and principally to remove all
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