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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27515	The history of the late revolution of the empire of the Great Mogol together with the most considerable passages for 5 years following in that empire : to which is added, a letter to the Lord Colbert, touching the extent to Indostan, the circulation of the gold and silver of the world, to discharge it self there, as also the riches, forces, and justice of the same and the principal cause of the decay of the states of Asia / by Mons. F. Bernier ... English'd out of French.; Histoire de la dernière révolution des Etats du Grand Mogol. English	Bernier, François, 1620-1688.; Oldenburg, Henry, 1615?-1677.	1676 (1676)	Wing B2044; ESTC R16888	130,833	407

but as they deserve leaving them whole moneths without pay and not looking upon them otherwise than Traitors and infamous men unfit to be trusted after they have so vilely deserted him whose Salt they had eaten so many years After this manner did Chah-hest-kan put an end to this Rabble which as I said have ruined and dispoiled all the lower Bengale Time will shew whether he will be as happy in the remainder of his Enterprize against the King of Rakan The fourth particular is concerning the two Sons of Aureng-Zebe viz. Sultan Mahmoud and Sultan Mazum He still keeps the first of them in Goualeor but if one may believe the common report without making him take the Poust which is the ordinary Drink of those that are put into that place As to the other though he hath alwayes been a pattern of reservedness and moderation yet one knows not whether he was not too forward in making a party when his Father was so extreamly sick or whether Aureng-Zebe have not upon other occasions perceived something that might give him cause of jealousie or whether he had not a mind to make an authentick proof of both his Obedience and Courage However it be one day he commanded him in an unconcerned manner in a full Assembly of the Omrahs to go and kill a Lyon that was come down the Mountains and had made great havock and waste in the Countrey and this he did without giving order to furnish him with those strong and large Nets which they are wont to employ in this dangerous kind of hunting in a real mood telling the great Hunting-Master who presently called for those Nets that when he was Prince he did not look for such Formalities It was the good fortune of Sultan Mazum that he prosper'd in this attempt not losing any more than two or three men and some horses that were wounded although on the other hand the matter went not off so pleasantly the wounded Lyon having leapt up to the head of the Sultan's Elephant Since that time Aureng-Zebe hath not been backward to express much affection to him he hath given him even the Government of Decan though with so little power and treasure that there is no great cause to apprehend any thing upon that account The fifth thing toucheth Mohabet-kan the Governour of Kaboul whom Aureng-Zebe took from his Government and generously pardoned not willing as he said to lose so brave a Captain and that had stuck so close to his Benefactor Chah-Jehan He made him even Governour of Guzuratte in the place of ●essemseignue whom he sent to make War in Decan It may very well be that some considerable Presents he made to Rauchenara-Begum and a good number of excellent Persian Horse and Camels wherewith he presented Aureng-Zebe together with fifteen or sixteen thousand Rupies of Gold did contribute to make his peace On this occasion of mentioning the Government of Kaboul which borders upon the Kingdom of Kandahar which is now in the hands of the Persians I shall here briefly add some particulars that serve to this History and will still more discover that Country and declare the Interests between Indostan and Persia which no body that I know of hath explained hitherto Kandahar that strong and important place which is the Capital and the swaying City of this Noble and Rich Kingdom of the same Name hath in these latter Ages been the subject of grievous Wars between the Mogols and Persians each of them pretending a right thereto Ekbar that great King of the Indies took it by force from the Persians and kept it during his life And Chah-Abbas that famous King of Persia retook it from Jean-Guyre the Son of Ekbar Afterwards it return'd to Chah-Jehan Son of John Guyre not by the Sword but by the means of the Governour Aly-Merdan-kan who surrendred it to him and went over to live at his Court apprehending the Artifices of his Enemies who had brought him into disfavour with the King of Persia that sent for him to make him give an accompt and to deliver up his Government The same City was besieged and retaken afterwards by the Son of Chah-Abbas and since that besieged twice again yet without being taken by Chah-Jehan The first time it was saved from being taken by the ill understanding and jealousie between the Persian Omrahs that are Pensioners of the Great Mogol and the most powerful of his Court as also by the respect they bear to their Natural King For they all behaved themselves very effeminately in the Siege and would not follow the Raja Roup who had already planted his Standards upon the Wall on the side of the Mountain The second time it was saved by the jealousie of Aureng-Zebe who would not fall into the breach of the Wall that our Franguis the English Portugueses Germans and French had made by their Canon though it was a large one being unwilling to have it said that in the time of Dara who was in a manner the first mover of that Enterprise and was then in the City of Caboul with his Father Chah-Jehan the Fortress of Kandahar was taken Chah-Jehan some years before the late trouble was also ready to besiege it the third time had not Emir-Jemla diverted him from it advising him to turn his Forces towards Decan as hath been said with whom Aly-Merdan-kan himself concurred who was so earnest in his disswading him from it as to say to him these words which I shall punctually relate as having something extravagant in them Your Majesty will never take Kandahar unless you had such a Traytor there as my self except you were resolved never to bring a Persian into it and to make the Bazars or Markets wholly free that is to lay no Impost on those that furnish the Army with provision At length Aureng-Zebe like the others had prepared himself in these latter years to besiege it also whether it was that he was offended at the tart Letters written to him by the King of Persia or by reason of the affronts and ill treatment which he had offered to Tarbiet-kan his Ambassador that hearing of the King of Persia's death he turned back saying which yet is not very credible that he would not meddle with a Child a new King although Chah-Soliman who hath succeeded his Father is in my opinion about 25 years of age The sixth particular we purposed to speak of concerns those that have faithfully served Aureng-Z be Those he hath almost all raised to great places For first as we have already related he made Chah-hest-kan his Uncle Governour and General of the Army of Decan and afterwards Governour of Bengale Next he made Mir-kan Governour of Kaboul Then Kalilullah-kan of Lahor and Mirhaba of Elubas and Lasker-kan of Patna The Son of that Allah-Verdi-kan of Sultan Sujah he appointed Governour of Scimdy and Fazel-kan who had considerably served him both by his counsels and dexterity he made Kane-saman that is Great Steward of the House Royal