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take_v dultabat_fw-la 60_o 61._o atek_v 44._o ava_n 143._o augans_n a_o strange_a sort_n of_o people_n 44._o aureng-abat_a make_v a_o city_n 61._o aurengzeb_a his_o cruelty_n at_o callabas_n 33_o 35._o his_o dominion_n 106._o his_o power_n 108._o his_o ambition_n and_o craft_n he_o join_v with_o his_o brother_n morad-backshe_a 110_o defeat_v dara-sha_n ibid._n deceive_v morad_n and_o send_v he_o to_o prison_n ibid._n he_o ascend_v the_o throne_n 116._o he_o affront_v his_o father_n 120._o his_o ambassador_n affront_v by_o the_o king_n of_o persia_n 121._o his_o state_n when_o he_o sit_v upon_o his_o throne_n 123._o b._n bagnagar_fw-mi see_v golconda_n pag._n 61._o banarou_fw-fr 52._o bannians_n never_o kill_v any_o live_a thing_n 37._o their_o cruelty_n to_o they_o that_o do_v ibid._n their_o veneration_n for_o ape_n 39_o outdo_v the_o jew_n 44._o bantam_n the_o king_n visit_v by_o the_o author_n his_o entertainment_n 196_o 197_o etc._n etc._n bargant_n 41._o the_o raja_n of_o bargant_n entertain_v the_o author_n baroche_n 36._o begum_n saheb_n 108_o imprison_v by_o aurengzeb_n deprive_v of_o her_o wealth_n her_o death_n suspect_v 113_o 114_o restore_v to_o favour_n her_o wit_n 121._o bengala_n the_o revenue_n of_o it_o 51._o bezoar_n 153_o etc._n etc._n boutan_n a_o kingdom_n the_o commodity_n thereof_o 182_o 183_o etc._n etc._n brahmin_n a_o strange_a story_n of_o one_o 172._o brampour_n 31_o a_o tumuli_fw-la there_o and_o the_o occasion_n ibid._n broker_n indian_n 133._o building_n public_a in_o india_n how_o rear_v 35._o c._n caboul_n pag_n 44._o callabas_n 33._o calicut_n where_o make_v 31_o 33_o 40_o 43_o 52._o cambava_n 36._o caravasera_n indian_n the_o method_n therein_o 32._o cardamon_n where_o have_v 73._o carriages_n indian_n 27._o carrier_n the_o order_n and_o government_n among_o they_o cast_v the_o signification_n and_o kind_n 161_o 162._o cattle_n how_o feed_v in_o india_n 97._o chalaour_n 42._o cheat_n in_o indian_a commodity_n 132_o 133._o check_v of_o mecca_n come_v to_o golconda_n in_o disguise_n 66._o marry_v the_o king_n daughter_n 67._o hinder_v he_o from_o surrender_v to_o aurengzeb_n 68_o cheraffs-indian_a banker_n 22_o subtle_a than_o the_o jew_n 23._o chineses_n poison_n the_o dutch_a soldier_n 173._o chites_n 40._o chitpour_n ib._n cifers_n indian_a 23._o cochin_n besiege_a by_o the_o dutch_a 88_o take_v 89._o dutch_n make_v a_o mock_n king_n of_o it_o ibid._n collasar_n 33._o commodity_n of_o the_o great_a mogul_n country_n 126_o etc._n etc._n and_o their_o price_n 128_o 129_o 130._o kalmouk_n a_o description_n of_o the_o people_n and_o country_n 204_o etc._n etc._n candevir_fw-fr 93._o coral_n where_o find_v 151._o cotton_n where_o make_v 31_o 36._o where_o whiten_v 36._o colour_v the_o diamond-mine_a 137_o 141._o coin_n arabian_n 1._o mogul_n 2._o his_o tributary_n 3._o coin_n call_v pagod_n 4_o 5._o english_a and_o dutch_a 5_o 6._o make_a by_o the_o king_n of_o chida_n and_o pera_n 6._o by_o the_o king_n of_o achen_n king_n of_o macassar_n the_o celebe_n and_o camboya_n 7._o by_o the_o king_n of_o siam_n ib._n by_o the_o king_n of_o asem_n tipoura_n arakan_n and_o pegu_n 8._o coin_n of_o china_n and_o tunquin_n ib._n of_o japon_n 9_o coin_n indian_n represent_v the_o twelve_o sign_n 10._o coin_n indian_n 22._o coin_n make_v by_o the_o portugal_n 12._o coin_n muscovian_a 13._o coin_n european_n their_o value_n in_o india_n 21_o 22._o coinage_n indian_n 17._o what_o loss_n what_o gain_n by_o it_o ib._n throw_v about_o at_o the_o king_n ascent_n to_o the_o throne_n 107._o currant_n at_o the_o diamond-mine_n 141._o cranganor_n 89_o promise_v by_o the_o dutch_a to_o samarin_n ib._n demolish_v ib._n crocodile_n may_v be_v wound_v 55._o how_o they_o die_v ib._n custom_n indian_n 17._o custom_n affront_v by_o a_o english_a captain_n 17._o exact_v by_o the_o persian_n from_o the_o english_a 75._o d._n daca_n pag._n 55._o daman_n besiege_v by_o aurengzeb_a 72._o dara-sha_n his_o duty_n to_o his_o father_n 108._o defeat_v by_o his_o brother_n 110._o he_o fly_v into_o scindi_fw-la he_o fight_v a_o second_o battle_n with_o aurengzeb_n he_o be_v betray_v by_o jessomse_v 114_o then_o by_o gion-kan_n 115._o his_o death_n 116._o deh_o 45._o de_fw-fr lan_n a_o dutch_a chirurgeon_n let_v we_o the_o mogul_n his_o mother_n and_o wife_n blood_n 103._o dervichs_n 4._o see_v faquir_n diamond_n a_o discourse_n thereof_o 134_o etc._n etc._n the_o form_n of_o several_a diamond_n 148_o 149._o vulgar_a error_n concern_v the_o purchase_n of_o they_o 141._o diamond_n miner_n their_o custom_n 138._o dultabat_fw-la 60_o 61._o dutch_n send_v a_o ambassador_n to_o china_n 192._o their_o revenge_n upon_o the_o jesuit_n 193._o dutch_n break_v their_o word_n with_o the_o king_n of_o caudy_n 194_o with_o the_o king_n of_o achen_n at_o war_n with_o the_o king_n of_o java_n 202_o they_o quarrel_n with_o the_o author_n e._n elephant_n destroy_v the_o bannian_n idol_n pag._n 34_o the_o wood_n of_o 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