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 Tavernier Bernier, and other great men: adorned with many copper plates. The first volume.

The Fifth BOOK of the Persian Travels of Monsieur TAVERNIER, being a Politick and Historical Description of Persia, with the Roads from Ispahan to Ormus.

• Chap. I. OF the Genealogy of the Kings of Persia, of the last Ra••e.
• Chap. II. Of certain particular Actions which denote the Virtues and Vices of the Kings of Persia, from Sha-Abas the first, to Sha-Soliman the present King. And first of Sha-Abas the Great. 202
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• ... Chap. III. Of what felt out most memorable in the Reign of Sha-S••fi the first; and particularly of the Death of Iman-Kouli Can, and his three Sons. Pag. 198
• Chap. IV The Tragical and memorable Story of Ralph Sadler, Native of Zurich, in the Reign of Sha-Sefi, who had retain'd him in his Ser∣vice. 207
• Chap. V. Of some particulars under the Reign of Sha Abas the second. 199
• Chap. VI. Of the misfortune of Mahomet-Beg, in the Reign of Sha-Abas the second. 212
• Chap. VII. Of the Rebellion of the Prince of Jasque, a Vassal to the King of Persia, in the Reigns of Sha-Sefi the first, and Sha-Abas the second. 217
• Chap. VIII. Observations upon the Reign of Sha-Soliman the present King. 218
• Chap. IX. Of the Government of Persia. 219
• Chap. X. Of the first of the three Orders or States of Persia, which compre∣hends the King's Houshold, the Kans or Governours of Provinces, and the Souldiery. 221
• Chap. XI. Of the second Order containing all those that belong to the Ec∣clesiastical Law, and their Courts of Justice; and in general of all the Gown-men, such as are chiefly the Officers of the Chamber of Accounts. 226
• Chap. XII. Of the third Estate of the Kingdom, comprehending the Trades∣men and Merchants; as also the Trades, Manufactures, and Commodities of Persia. 229
• Chap. XIII. Of the Justice and Policy of the Persians. 232
• Chap. XIV. Of the Manners and Customs of the Persians. 234
• Chap. XV. Of the Diseases of Persia, and the manner of Curing them. 239
• Chap. XVI. Of the Division of Time among the Persians. 240
• Chap. XVII. Of the Feasts and ordinary Diet of the Persians. 241
• Chap. XVIII. Of the Marriages of the Persians. 243
• Chap. XIX. Of the Death and Burial of the Persians. 244
• Chap. XX. The Author departs from Ispahan to Ormus, and describes the Road to Schiras. 245
• Chap. XXI. Of the City of Schiras. 247
• Chap. XXII. A Continuation of the Road from Ispahan to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 from Schiras to Bander-Abassi. 251
• Chap. XXIII. Of the Island of Ormus, and of Bander-Abassi. 225
• Chap. XXIV. Of the Roads by Land from Casbin to Ispahan, to the Fron∣tiers of the Territories of the Great Mogul through Candahar. 257