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Travels in the Mogul empire A.D. 1656-1668

Bernier, François, 1620-1688., Brock, Irving., Constable, A. G. (Archibald George), 1822-1882., Smith, Vincent Arthur, 1848-1920.

Year: 1916.

Publisher: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press.

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Frontmatter

List of Illustrations

Preface

Chronicle of some principle events in the life and times of François Bernier

Bibliography of the writings of François Bernier

Translation of Bernier's Dedication to King Louis XIV. of France, from the 1670 Paris Edition

Translation of Bernier's Address to the Reader, from the 1670 Paris edition

An extract of a letter to Mr. H. O., from M. de Monceaux the younger, from the 1671 London edition

The History of the late Rebellion in the States of the Great Mogol

Remarkable occurrences after the War

Letter to Monseigneur Colbert concerning Hindoustan

Letter to M. de la Mothe le Vayer, containing a descripition of Dehli and Agra

Letter to M. Chapelain describing the Gentiles of Hindoustan

Series of nine letters to M. de Merveilles, descriptive of a march made with the Camp of the Emperor Aureng-Zebe to Kachemire

Replies to questions put by M. Thevenot regarding:—

i Jews in Kachemire

ii The Moisson or periodical rains in the Indies

iii The regularity of the Winds and Currents in the Indies

iv The fertility, wealth and beauty of the Kingdom of Bengale

v The periodical rising of the Nile

A Memorandum, omitted to be inserted in my first Work, to complete the Map of Hindoustan, and make known the Revenues of the Great Mogol

Abstract of the King's License, from the 1670 Paris edition

Appendices:—

i Regarding Dryden's Tragedy of AURENG-ZEBE

ii On the identity of the 'Great Mogul's diamond' with the Koh-i-núr

iii Tavernier's description of the Peacock Throne of the Great Mogul

iv Note on the letter to Monsigneur Colbert concerning the absorption of the precious metals in India

v Some particulars relating to Mr. H[enry] O[uldinburgh]

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Title:

Travels in the Mogul empire A.D. 1656-1668 : by François Bernier ; translated, on the basis of Irving Brock's version and annotated by Archibald Constable (1891).

Author:

Bernier, François, 1620-1688; Brock, Irving; Constable, A. G. (Archibald George), 1822-1882; Smith, Vincent Arthur, 1848-1920

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Travels in the Mogul empire A.D. 1656-1668 : by François Bernier ; translated, on the basis of Irving Brock's version and annotated by Archibald Constable (1891).
Bernier, François, 1620-1688, Brock, Irving, Constable, A. G. (Archibald George), 1822-1882, Smith, Vincent Arthur, 1848-1920
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1916.

URL:

http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.02039

Subject Headings:

• Mogul Empire
• India -- History -- 1526-1765
• India -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
• India -- Social life and customs -- Early works to 1800

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