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A63439	The six voyages of John Baptista Tavernier, Baron of Aubonne through Turky, into Persia and the East-Indies, for the space of forty years : giving an account of the present state of those countries, viz. of the religion, government, customs, and commerce of every country, and the figures, weight, and value of the money currant all over Asia : to which is added A new description of the Seraglio / made English by J.P. ; added likewise, A voyage into the Indies, &c. by an English traveller, never before printed ; publish'd by Dr. Daniel Cox; Six voyages de Jean-Baptiste Tavernier. English	Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste, 1605-1689.; Phillips, John, 1631-1706.; Cox, Daniel, Dr.	1677 (1677)	Wing T255; ESTC R38194	848,815	637

had been an Officer under the King his Father and who having been condemn'd for his crimes by the mouth of his Father and ready to be thrown under the Elephant's-feet had been pardon'd at the intercession of Dara-cha For an addition to his affliction before he came to Gion-Kan's House he receiv'd the news of the death of that particular Wife which he lov'd most entirely and which had always accompani'd him in his misfortunes He understood that she dy'd through heat and drowth not being able to get a drop of water in the Countrey to refresh her thirst The Prince was so mov'd at the news that he fell down like one that had been struck quite dead and when he came to himself he tore his clothes in the excess of his grief an ancient custom still continu'd in the East He had always shew'd himself insensible upon all other occasions of misfortune but this fatal stroke so deeply pierc'd him that he would receive no consolation from his friends After this he clad himself according to his misfortune and instead of a Turbant he only put about his head a piece of coarse Calicut In this miserable equipage he enter'd into the House of the Traytor Gion-Kan where being laid down to rest himself upon a Field-bed a new subject of sorrow awak'd him For Gion-Kan having a design to seize Sepper-Shekour Dara-cha's second Son the young Prince though but a Youth made a bold resistance and with his Bow and Arrows laid three men upon the ground but not being able to resist a multitude he was at length taken Dara-cha waken'd with the noise saw before his eyes his Son whom they were leading toward him with his hands ty'd behind him Then the miserable Father of the young Prince no longer misdoubting the horrid treason of Gion-Kan could not refrain from letting fall in his passion these expressions Finish said he ingrateful and infamous Villain as thou art finish the work thou hast begun we are become Victims to bad Fortune and Aureng-zeb 's unjust Ambition But remember that I only deserve death for having sav'd thy life for never Prince of the Royal Blood had his hands ty'd behind him before Gion-Kan in some measure mov'd at these words caus'd the little Prince to be unbound and only set guards upon Dara-oha and his Son At the same time he also sent expresses to Raja Jessomseing and to Abdulla-Kan to give them advice that he had selz'd upon Dara-cha and his Train Thereupon they made hast to share in the spoils of that poor Prince But they could not be so swift but that Gion-Kan had seiz'd upon all that Dara-cha had of most precious in the World using as inhumanly both his Wives and his Children The Raja and Abdulla being arriv'd provided Elephants for the Prince his Son and his Wives and carri'd them away immedlately to Jehanabat the people crowded to behold them every one being desirous to see the Prince whom they so earnestly desir'd to have had for their King Aureng-zeb caused them to be shewn in all the Streets and Market-places of Jehanabat that no man might question hereafter their being taken and as if he had glori'd in his treachery toward his Brother he presently condemn'd and sent him away to the Castle of Asser. But of all that crowded to behold not one would stir to assist or succour their lawful Prince Only some few generous Souldiers who had serv'd him and had receiv'd some kindnesses from him seeing themselves not able to deliver their Prince yet desirous to shew him some proofs of their acknowledgment fell with all their fury upon the Traitor Gion-Kan who though he were rescu'd from them at that time yet soon after met with the reward due to his crime for he was kill'd as he was crossing a Wood in his return home In the mean time Aureng-zeb like a good Polititian and an extraordinary Dissembler gave it out that it was by no order of his that Dara-cha was seiz'd only he desir'd him to retire out of the Kingdom which he refusing to do Gion-Kan unknown to him had unworthily seiz'd his person and without respect to the Royal-Blood had shamefully ty'd the hands of the young Sepper-Shekour behind him which being a crime and an indignity done to his Majesty had been punish'd by the death of Gion-Kan and his accomplices But this was only publish'd to abuse the people for had it been true Aureng-zeb would never have given order to have his Brother's head cut off For Dara-Cha being sent from Jehanabat with a Guard to the place of his imprisonment when he came to a fair place where he thought to repose him self they dress'd up the Tent where he was to leave his Head After he had eaten Seif-Kan came and brought him the sentence of his Death Dara-Cha seeing him enter told him he was very welcome and that he was glad to see one of his most faithful Servants Seif-Kan made answer that indeed he had formerly been one of his Servants but that now he was the Slave of Aureng-zeb who had commanded him to bring him his Head Must I dye then said Dara-Cha 'T is the Kings command reply'd Seif-Kan and I am entrusted to execute it Sepper-Chekour who lay in an anti-Chamber of the Tent waking upon this contest would have seiz'd upon certain weapons which had been taken from him with an intention to have assisted his Father but he was prevented by those that accompany'd Seif-Kan Dara-Cha would have made some resistance himself but seeing it was in vain he only desir'd time for his devotions which was granted him In the mean time Sepper-Chekour was taken from him and while they held him a story a Slave took off Dara-Cha's Head which was carried to Aureng-zeb by Seif-Kan This bloody Tragedy being thus acted Sepper-Chekour was sent to the Castle of Goualeor to keep his Uncle Morat-Bakche company As for the Wives and Daughters of Dara-Cha they were allotted an Apartment in Aureng-zeb's Haram CHAP. V. How Aureng-zeb caus'd himself to be declar'd King and of the Flight of Sultan Sujah AS it is the custom at the performance of that Ceremony for the new King to seat himself upon the Throne there was not much time requir'd to prepare one in regard that Cha-jehan before his imprisonment had finish'd that which the Great Tamerlane had begun which was the richest and most magnificent that ever was seen But as the Grand Cadi of the Empire and Chief of the Law was to Proclaim the new King Aureng-zeb found himself oppos'd by him For the Cadi told him that the Law of Mahomet and the Law of Nature equally forbad him to declare him King while his Father liv'd besides that he had put his elder Brother to death to whom the Empire belong'd after the death of Cha-fehan their Father This stout resistance of the Cadi did not a little perplex Aureng-zeb and therefore that he might not seem to appear irreligious he call'd all the Doctors of the Law

a River call'd Altun-sou or The River of Gold that falls into the River Tigris three days journey on this side Bagdat The next day we lay at a pitiful Town upon the Frontiers of Turkie and Persia. The next day being the fifth after we set out from Niniveh we pass'd over several Fenns and hot Waters that part the two Empires Entring thus into Persia we met with a high Mountain cover'd with fair Oaks which bear the Gall-Nuts so high that the Caravan was some hours ere it could get to the top As we ascended but especially when we were up we heard several Muskets go off At first we thought the people had been hunting the wild Boars or Stags of which the Mountains are full but the report of the Guns being too loud and too thick for Hunters we stood upon our guard and I believe we should have mended our paces had we known what was intended us Besides I remember'd that the Country-people would not sell any thing but for Powder and Bullet which the Caravan-Bashi advis'd me not to let them have for fear they should make use of it against our selves From the Mountain we descended into a fertil Plain water'd with several Rivers and night approaching we set up our Tents not fearing any thing because we were in the Dominions of the King of Persia where there is so much security in travelling After that we sent our Servants to the Tents of the Country-men but they brought us nothing but Bread made of Acorns than which the poor people thereabouts eat no other This Acorn is about the bigness of our Nuts and once I met with a Branch that had thirty Acorns and twenty-three Gall-Nuts all at one time growing upon it The Province which we travel'd through then compos'd the greatest part of the ancient Assyria But now to come to the Story of Dominico de Santis the Venetian He had Letters of Credence from the Pope the Emperour the King of Poland and the Republick of Venice to the King of Persia and he went in the Caravan through the Grand Signor's Territories never discovering himself who he was but coming into Persia he took upon him without fear the Title of Ambassador from the Commonwealth of Venice From the Plain where we lodg'd it is two days journey to a good big Town to which belongs a Fortress where the Governour of the Province has a Lieutenant with about two thousand Horse under his Command The Fortress is upon the right hand toward the South after three hours riding upon the High-way To this Lieutenant the Caravan-Bashi was according to duty bound to give notice of the Arrival of the Caravan and an account of the Persons and their Merchandize This Venetian was a person ill fitted for the quality of an Ambassador being a person of no Parts which made me wonder that such great Princes and so wise a Commonwealth should send such a person upon a Concern of that importance For the Grand Signor then assailing Candy he was sent to excite the King of Persia to engage him in a War against the Turk thereby to keep off the Storm that threaten'd Christendom Thereupon I told the Ambassador that it was necessary for him to give the Commander of the Fort first notice of his coming to the end he might give advice thereof to Solyman-Kan Governour of the Province whose duty it was to advertise the King Thereupon he requested me to send my Interpreter which I did Upon whose intelligence the Lieutenant of the Fort came to Compliment the Ambassador on the behalf of the chief Commander and to conduct him to the Castle Thereupon the Ambassador my self and my Interpreter together with some Armenian Merchants went with him travelling for three hours over the Mountains By that time we came half the way as we pass'd through a Wood we heard as it were some person give a Whistle at which when the Lieutenant perceiv'd us to be somewhat startl'd he carry'd us to the place from whence the Whistle came where we saw a Serpent about as big as a Man's Thigh and about twelve Foot long whose head was squeez'd between two Trees that put him to pain From that Mountain we descended into a pleasant Plain where the Commander of the Fortress staid for us under his Tent. He had set it up by the side of a River under the shade of several great Walnut-trees So soon as he saw us he rose from his great Silk Tapestry Coverlet and saluted us in a most civil manner telling us that assuredly Sha-Abas his Master would be very glad to hear that the Monarchs of Christendom had sent him an Ambassador and that he would write to Solyman-Kan whose duty it was to advertise the Emperour Thereupon he wrote and dispatch'd away a Messenger giving him order to tell the Deroga or Judge of the Town through which we were to pass that he should make Provision for us and our Horses 'till we came to the Governour After he had ask'd us several Questions concerning the War between the Grand Signor and the Venetians how many thousand men he had as well by Sea as Land and what number of Galleys and Ships wherein we satisfy'd him according to the best of our knowledge After he had civilly treated us he sent his Lieutenant back with us again to the Caravan About ten a Clock the next night we dislodg'd and the Lieutenant and six Souldiers attended upon us who told us he had order not to leave us 'till he had brought us to Solyman Kan The next night we lodg'd between two Hills among several Tents of Herdsmen Here it was that the Commander had order'd that we should be treated by the Deroga A Deroga as I have said is the Judge of a Village But this Deroga was chief of many Families some of which were of Mesopotamia others of Arabia These are all Herdsmen that never live in Houses but retire with their Cattle to the holes in the Rocks where partly Nature partly Art have contributed to make them convenient Habitations So soon as we were alighted four ancient men came and led the Ambassador and my self to the Deroga's Tent. It seem'd to consist of many Rooms with a Hall in the middle spread with fair Persian Carpets He caus'd us to sit down upon Cushions and then presented us with a Pipe of Tobacco and Water to wash our Feet After he had nobly treated us and that we were upon taking our leaves the Deroga was very much troubl'd that we had made a small Present to his Son telling us that it was a crime for him to take any thing of the King's Guests especially from Strangers that had come so long a Journey The next day we lodg'd in a place where there was such a prodigious quantity of Lillies that the Ground was almost cover'd with them There were none that were white being for the most part of a fair Violet colour with a streak of Red in the middle of