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

THE INDEX TO THE Indian Travels.

A.

• ABdoul-Coutou-Sha, the pre∣sent King of Golconda, pag. 65. His Children, 66. His reply to the Canoneer that would have taken off Aurengzeb's head, 68. See Mir∣gimola.
• Abdul Feta, Gelul Eddin Maho∣met, 107.
• Aceph Ben Ali takes Mascate from the Dutch, 145. His wondrous Pearl. ibid.
• Agra, the King's Palace there, 48, 49.
• Alegamma Motiar of Ceylan turns Christian, and his answer to the Jesuits, 163.
• Amadabat, and the Trade there∣of, 37.
• Amber, where found, 151, 152.
• Ambergreese, where found, 152.
• Apes, their antipathy against the Crows, 40. The danger of kil∣ling one, ibid. Hospitals for them, 48. How set together by the ears, 94.
• Asem, the Kingdom, 187.
• Asouf-Kan's Policy, 112. Assists Sha-Jehan, ibid.
• Ast-Kan, 60. Takes Dultabat, 60, 61.
• Atek, 44.
• Ava, 143.
• Augans, a strange sort of people, 44.
• Aureng-abat made a City, 61.
• Aureng-zeb his cruelty at Cal∣labas, 33, 35. His Dominions, 106. His Power, 108. His Ambition and craft: he joyns with his Brother, Morad-Backshe, 110, defeats Dara-Sha, ibid. deceives Morad, and sends him to Prison, ibid. He ascends the Throne, 116. He affronts his Father, 120. His Embassadors affronted by the King of Persia, 121. His State when he sits upon his Throne, 123.

B.

• BAgnagar, see Golconda. pag. 61.
• ...

• ... Banarou, 52.
• Bannians never kill any living thing, 37. Their cruelty to them that do, ibid. Their veneration for Apes. 39, out-do the Jews, 44.
• Bantam the King visited by the Author; his Entertainment, 196, 197, &c.
• Bargant, 41. The Raja of Bar∣gant entertains the Author.
• Baroche, 36.
• Begum Saheb, 108, imprison'd by Aurengzeb; depriv'd of her wealth: her death suspected, 113, 114: re∣stor'd to favour: her wit, 121.
• Bengala, the Revenue of it, 51.
• Bezoar, 153, &c.
• Boutan, a Kingdom; the Commo∣dities thereof, 182, 183, &c.
• Bramins, a strange story of one, 172.
• Brampour, 31; a Tumuli there, and the occasion, ibid.
• Broakers Indian, 133.
• Buildings publick in India, how rear'd, 35.

C.

• CAboul, pag 44.
• Callabas, 33.
• Calicuts, where made, 31, 33, 40, 43, 52.
• Cambava, 36.
• Caravasera's Indian, the method therein, 32.
• Cardamoms, where had, 73.
• Carriages Indian, 27.
• Carriers; the Order and Go∣vernment among them.
• Caste, the signification and kinds, 161, 162.
• Cattel, how fed in India, 97.
• Chalaour, 42.
• Cheats in Indian Commodities, 132, 133.
• Check of Mecca comes to Gol∣conda in disguise, 66. Marries the King's Daughter, 67. Hinders him from surrendring to Aurengzeb, 68.
• Cheraffs-Indian Bankers, 22, sub∣tiler then the Jews, 23.
• Chineses poison the Dutch Soul∣diers, 173.
• Chites, 40.
• ...Chitpour, ib.
• Cifers Indian, 23.
• Cochin Besieg'd by the Dutch, 88, Taken, 89. Dutch make a mock King of it, ibid.
• Collasar, 33.
• Commodities of the Great Mo∣gul's Countrey, 126, &c. and their price, 128, 129, 130.
• Comoukes, a description of the People and Countrey, 204, &c.
• Candevir, 93.
• Corral, Where found, 151.
• Cottons, where made, 31, 36. Where whiten'd, 36.
• Coulour, the Diamond-Mine, 137, 141.
• Coins Arabian, 1. Mogul's, 2. His Tributaries, 3. Coins call'd Pagods, 4, 5. English and Dutch, 5, 6. Made by the King of Chida and Pera, 6. By the King of Achen, Kings of Macassar, the Celebes, and Cam∣boya, 7. By the King of Siam, ib. By the Kings of Asem, Tipoura, Arakan and Pegu, 8. Coins of Chi∣na and Tunquin, ib. Of Japon, 9.
• Coins Indian, representing the twelve signs, 10. Coins Indian, 22.
• Coins made by the Portugals, 12.
• Coins Muscovian, 13.
• Coins European, their value in India, 21, 22.
• Coinage Indian, 17. What loss, what gain by it, ib. Thrown about at the King's Ascent to the Throne, 107. Currant at the Diamond-Mines, 141.
• Cranganor, 89, promis'd by the Dutch to Samarin, ib. Demolish'd, ib.
• Crocodiles may be wounded, 55. How they dye, ib.
• Customs Indian, 17.
• Customs affronted by an English Captain, 17. Exacted by the Per∣sians from the English, 75.

D.

• DAca, pag. 55.
• Daman besieg'd by Aureng∣zeb, 72.
• Dara-Sha his duty to his Father, 108. Defeated by his Brother, 110. He flies into Scindi, he fights a se∣cond Battel with Aurengzeb: He is betraid by Jessomseing, 114, then by Gion-Kan, 115. His death, 116.
• Dehly, 45.
• De Lan, a Dutch Chirurgeon, lets the Mogul, his Mother and Wife Blood, 103.
• Dervichs, 4. See Faquirs.
• Diamonds, a discourse thereof, 134, &c. The forms of several Dia∣monds, 148, 149. Vulgar error con∣cerning the purchase of them, 141.
• Diamond Miners, their customs, 138.
• Dultabat, 60, 61.
• Dutch send an Embassador to China, 192. Their revenge upon the Jesuits, 193.
• Dutch break their word with the King of Caudy, 194; with the King of Achen; at War with the King of Java, 202; they quarrel with the Author.

E.

• ELephants destroy the Banni∣an's Idols, pag. 34; the Woods of Mirda, 43, affrighted; the loss of Aurengzeb's Army, 72; how taken, 95; how tam'd, ib. Their fury, ib. The difference between them, 96. Eaten by the Natives, ib. How taken in Ceilan, ib. The tusks due to the Lord, ib. How the fe∣male receives the male, ib. A re∣mark peculiar to Ceilan Elephants, ib. Their age, ib. The number kept by the Great Mogul, and his Ex∣pences, 97; how wash'd, 103.
• Emir-jemla, 116, 118.
• Emraulds, the vulgar error con∣cerning them, 114.
• Eunuchs, covetous of Monu∣ments, 5.
• Exchange Indian, 26, 27.

F.

• FAquirs; their manner of travel∣ling, pag. 41; their Habit and Arms, ib. The respect given them, ib. Their Religion, 160: their Pe∣nances, 165, &c. Their extrava∣gancies returning from Mecca.
• Feast; the Great Mogul's grand Feast when he is weigh'd, 122.

G.

• GAnges, pag. 51, an ordinary River, ib. and bad water, 52.
• Gani; see Coulour.
• Gate, what manner of place, 34.
• Gehanabad, 45; the Mogul's Palace there, 45, 46, 47.
• Gehanguir, ninth King of the Indians. He permits Nourmahal his Wise to Reign in his stead. He put out his Eldest Son's eyes, 111. He prefers his Grandchild to the Throne, ib. Dies, ib.
• Gion-Kan a Traytor; his death, 115.
• Goa, the present State of it, 74.
• Golconda describ'd, 61. The Po∣licy and Government of the City, 64.
• Gold, where found, 156, &c.
• Gomron. Road heat excessive, in∣jures the Ships, 90.
• Gondicot taken by Mirgimola, 98. Describ'd, ib.
• Govaleor, 35. The Prison for the Indian Grandees, ib.
• Guards, how reliev'd at Gol∣conda, 64.

H.

• HAlabas, pag. 52. The Governor a great Person, ib. The cru∣elty of his Physitian, ib.
• Hameth-Sheck, 107.

I.

• JAva, the King thereof, pag. 202.
• Javaniers, good Souldiers, 203.
• Jessom-seing betrays Dara-Sha, 114.
• Idolaters belief touching a Dei∣ty, 164. Of the state of the Soul after death, 167. Of their burning their dead, 168. Their several customs, 179.
• Idolatrous Princes of Asia, 163.
• Indians cunninger then the Jews, 23. Their manner of crossing Ri∣vers, 100, 102. Their Superstition, 97. The Penance of the Women, ib. Their Alms, ib. Their Pilgrima∣ges, 101. Their craftiness, 102. Their Physick, 102. Their honesty, 136, 137. Their manner of driving bargains, ib. Their Penances, 181.
• Indigo, where made, 36, 37, 43.
• Indolstan bounded, 106.
• Iron of Golconda, the best, 65.
• Island of St. Helens describ'd.
• Ivory the best, 96.
• Justice in India quick, 99, 100.

K.

• Kemerouf, a City, pag. 188.

L.

• LAhor, pag. 45.
• Letter-Carriers, 110.
• Lions, how tam'd, 40.

M.

• MAcassar, a Kingdom describ'd, 191. The King shoots an English Malefactor with a poison'd Arrow, 191. His difference with the Hollanders, 192.
• Maldives Islands, 90.
• Malvares, Indian Pyrats, 71, 182.
• Mascate, 16.
• Maslipatan, 70.
• Matura, one of the chiefest Pa∣gods of the Indians, 48.
• Measures Indian, 27.
• Mingrela, 73.
• A Miracle done by a Bramin, 101, 102.
• Miram-Sha, 107.
• Mirda, 43.
• Mirgimola, the King of Golcon∣da's General, 67. He is suspected by the King, ib. He revolts, 68. He joyns with Aurengzeb, ib. besieges the King, ib. and cunningly settles a new Peace, ib. entertains the Au∣thor at Gondicot, 98, 99. How he dispatch'd business, 99. He conquers Asem, 187.
• Mirza-Abdoul-Cofing marries the King of Golconda's third Daugh∣ter, 69.
• Mirza Mahomed, 68. See Check of Mecca.
• Moguls, why so call'd, 106.
• Money; the force of it in India, 19. What most proper to be carri'd into India, 18, 21.
• Monuments Indian; their sump∣tuousness, 49, 50, 52, 61.
• Morad-Backshe, 108, Vice-Roy of Guzerat, ib. He rebels against his Father, 109, besieges Surat, ib. pro∣claims himself King, ib. He gives credit to Aurengzeb's fallacies, ib. joyns with him, 110, and defeats Dara-Sha, ib. wounded, ib. He sees his error, is betraid, and sent to Govaleor, ib.
• Mountebanks, Indian, 36.
• Multan, 43.
• Musk, 153. Its adulterations. ib.

N.

• NAder, pag. 35.
• Nahab, what it signifies, 53.
• Navapoura, 30, famous for Rice, ib.
• Nava-Sevagi revolts from the King of Visapour, 73.
• Nourmahal, Queen of India, her Extraction, 11, 12.

O.

• OBservations particular upon the Mogul's Court, pag. 124, 125.
• Omrahs, their duty, 122.
• Ormus; the manner of Sailing from Ormus to Surat, 15.
• Outemeda, 97.

P.

• PAgods Indian describ'd, 92, 93, 94, 97, 102. The most celebra∣ted among the Indians, 173, &c.
• Palicat, 93.
• Passage by Sea from Ormus to Maslipatan, 90.
• Passes, where requir'd, 44, 52.
• Patna, 53.
• Peacocks plentiful, 37. How caught, ib.
• Pearls, and where fish'd for, 145. How bred, how fish'd for, and at what time, 146, &c.
• Perca, a petty Indian King, 89.
• Physitians, none in India, but such as attend Princes, 102.
• Pilgrimages of the Indians, 179.
• Ponte Galle, 194.
• Portugals, their power in Goa, 74, 75. Their excessive proneness to revenge, ib. discover a strange Countrey, 83, 84.
• Priests Indian, how maintain'd,
• Presents given by the Author at the Great Mogul's Court, 59.

R.

• RAge-Mehide, 54.
• Raolconda, Diamond-Mine, 134.
• Rauchenara-Begum, 108, always a friend to Aurengzeb. His kind∣ness to her; their falling out, 121.
• Religion of the Mahumetans in the Indies, 159, &c. Of the Idola∣trous Indians, 161.
• Roads from Ispahan to Agra through Gomron, 15; from Surat to Agra through Brampour and Se∣ronge, 30, through Amadabat, 36. From Ispahan to Agra, through Can∣dahar, 43. From Dehly to Agra, 48. From Agra to Patna, and Daca, 51. From Surat to Golconda, 60. From Golconda to Maslipatan, 69. From Surat to Goa; from Goa to Gol∣conda, through Visapour, 71. From Goa to Maslipatan, through Cochin, 88. From Maslipatan to Gandicot, 91. From Gandicot to Golconda, 100; to the Mines, 137, 139, 141.
• Rodas the Fortress, 139.
• Roupies, the difference of them, 20.
• Rubies, the forms of several, 149, 150.
• Rule to know the price of Dia∣monds, 142, 143.

S.

• SAltpeter, where refin'd, 53.
• Samarin, an Indian King, 89.
• Saseron, 53.
• Say-pieces Indian, 25, 26.
• Sepper chekour, 115, sent to Go∣valeor, 116.
• Sera, the signification of the word, 32.
• Seronge, 33.
• Serpents, their vast bulk, and deadly venom, 34.
• Seva-gi continues the revolt, 73. He finds vast Treasures, ib.
• Sha-Est-Kan, 20, 24, 56; buys the Authors Jewels, 104; his kind∣ness to the Author, ib. revolts to Aurengzeb, 110.
• Sha-Jehan first call'd Sha-Bedin-Mahomet, 107. His good Govern∣ment, 108. He marries a young Lady, ib. His children, ib. His love to his children, ib. He rebels against his Father, is disinherited, 111. He is advanc'd to the Throne, 112. His cruelty, ib. He is kept Prisoner by Aurengzeb, and dies, 113.
• Siam, a Kingdom; the King of it, 119, &c.
• Siren, 143.
• ...

• Sodomy abominated by the Indi∣ans, 54.
• Solyman Chekour defeats. his Unckle, 109 Betraid by Raja Roup, flies to Nactiran, 114. Is deliver'd up by him, 119. Sent Pris'ner to Govaleor.
• Soumelpour, 139.
• Stones colour'd, where found, 143.
• Stones medicinal, and their ef∣fects, 154, 155.
• Stories of the man that lost his child in Swimming, 38. Of the Merchant's Wife that desir'd a child, 39. Of the Merchant that ne'r told lye, ib. The Story of Mon∣sieur Belloy, 79. Of the rich Leaper in Goa, ib. Of St. Amant, and John de Rose, and the Sieur Ma∣rests, ib. 80, 81, &c. Of Father Ephraim, 85, 86, 87.
• Sultan Abousaid-Mirza, 107.
• Sultan Babur, 107.
• Sultan Boulaki preferr'd by Sha-Jehan, 111. Betraid by Asouf-Kan, 112. Retires into Persia, ib.
• Sultan Kourom, 107. See Sha-Jehan.
• Sultan Mahomed, Mogul, 107.
• Sultan Mahomed, Aurengzeb s Son, marries the second Daughter of the King of Golconda, 69. He flies to his Unckle, 117. Is betraid by Emir-Jemla, and imprison'd, 118, 119.
• Sultan Selim, alias Jehanguir Patska, 107.
• Sultan Soujah, 108. Rebels, 109. He flies to the King of Arakan, marries his Daughter, 119. Plots against him, ib. His death, 120.
• Sumbaco King of Macassar, 192.
• Surat, 15.

T.

• TAmurleng, 106.
• Tari, what, 65.
• Tavernier abus'd at the Mogul's Court, 57, 58.
• Tenara a sweet place, 69.
• Thrones; the description of the Mogul's Thrones, 122, &c.
• Thunderbolts three at a time, 91.
• Tipra a Kingdom, 186.
• Travelling, the manner in India, 27, 29.
• Treachery, a notable piece put upon the Author at Gomron, 157.
• Turquoises, where found, 144.

V.

• Visapour describ'd, 72.

W.

• WAys; High-ways in India, 100.
• Weights Indian for Gold and Sil∣ver, 18. Other weights, 27. Of Dia∣monds, 140. Of colour'd Stones, 144. Of Pearls, 148.
• Winds hot, their stifling nature, 44.
• Wives of the Indians burnt a∣live with their dead Husbands, 169, 170, 171, 172.
• Woods of Bambous, 94.