between the Courts of Dehli and Constantinople. 475 



" Departure of Manzada Hussein Beg {the son of Faldr-ud-d'in^ as Amhas- 

 " sador to India, in the year IO67 (A.D. 1656), Naima, ii, 585. 



" In the first days of Zulliaj, Kaim Beg, the Indian ambassador, rubbed 

 " his forehead on the footstool of the imperial throne, the audience of 

 " leave being granted to him in the kiosk of Muhammed Pasha, in the im- 

 " penal gardens of Scutari. The imperial presents were delivered into the 

 " hands of Manzada Hussein Aga, one of the chamberlains of the Sublime 

 " Porte, named ambassador to India, and he was invested in the same 

 " garden with the robe of honour. These presents consisted in a sirguja, 

 " an ornament for the turban, set with emeralds ; four horses of the purest 

 " race, three of which were covered with saddle-cloths of gold, and one 

 " with jewelled reins, saddle, and stirrups, a golden chain, and the cover- 

 " ing embroidered with pearls. The Indian ambassador went first on the 

 " road to Haleb, and Hussein was to join him at Bussora, and proceed 

 " from thence with him to India." 



It is unfortunate that Naima was prevented from inserting in his history 

 Manzada's narrative of his journey, and of tlie events which took place in 

 India after Khurrum Shah's death. Naima himself had affixed a note, which 

 by his editor's neglect has been printed in the middle of the text, to the 

 following purport : " Khurrum Shah died, and his younger son Arungzeb 

 " mounted the throne ; the events which passed between iiim and his 

 " brother, are most circumstantial : it is of the utmost importance to ar- 

 " range them, and to insert the account in this work, which by no means is 

 " to be neglected." 



This note has been, as above stated, printed in the text ; but the account 

 itself is no where inserted. 



The only two Turkish works which, besides the well-known journey 

 overland of Katibi, promise to be of some interest on Indian history and 

 geography, are the above-mentioned description of the embassy of Manzada, 

 the son of Fakir-ud-din, and Katibi's work on the Indian seas, entitled Miih'it, 

 that is to say, " the Ocean." The first has not been yet discovered by any 

 European ; and the only copy of the second existing in the libraries of 

 Europe is that in the royal library of the Aluseo Borbonico at Naples. 



