H4- Travels in India. Part. U 



found out a way to deprive her o£ them after a very plaufible manner • m^i- 

 a mew of beltowing very great Honours and Careifes upon his Sifter, and tak'^ 

 her along with him to 'jcbanabad. But in a fhort time after we heard the n '^ 

 of her death j which prov'd , and all people fufpecled her to have been poifcJcT 



CHAP. IV- 



Of the Flight of Dara-cha to the Kingdoms of Scindi ^Guzerat • Of 

 the fecond Battel which he fought agamft Aureng-zeb ; Eis l ei l 

 taken c Pri\lnev, and death. • 



~^\Ara-cba having carri'd along with him the beft part of the Gold and Silver 

 -L^ which was in the Fortrefs of Agra by his Father's advice, and being B ot ir 

 to the Kingdom of Labor, was in good hopes to have rais'd an Army in a flio-t 

 time to haveftopt the proceedings of his Brother. His molt faithful Servant 

 and friends had always accompani'd him in his misfortune. And as for his E!dei 

 Sox\ 3 SolimanShekonr, he went, witfe tfte Raja, jfcwp, into the Territories of that 

 Raja s own demeans, to levy men ; carrying along with him five-millions of 

 Roupies, which make of our Money (even-millions and cooooo Livres M 

 that great Sum opening the Raja Roofs eyes, he molt treacherously and infa 

 moufly feiz'd upon it 3 whereupon Saltan Chekour, fearing he mould proceed 

 farther, and make fome attempt upon his perfon, fled in all halt into the Kingdom 

 of Strene^er under the protection of the Raja Nakti-Ram, who more foully 

 and bafely dehver'd him up fometime after to Aurcw-^eb. ] 



Dara-cha having notice of the Raja Roup's treafon, and feeing all his friends 

 had forfook him, and were revolted to jfgrafctak, quitted Labor, and retir'd in- 

 to the Kingdom of Scindi.- Before he left the Fortrefs, he fent all the Gold 

 Silver, Jewels and Wealth that was in the Fort, away by water to Bohr a Fort 

 m the midit of the River Infos. To guard all that Wealth, he left an' Eunuch 

 and iix-thoufand men, with all provifions aeceflary for a Siege $ after that he went 

 to 5^W;,where he left feveral great pieces of Cannon/Then he march' d throng the 

 Icmtoncs ot the Raja of Kachnagana, who made him mountainous promiles to 

 no eitecc • then he came into the Kingdom of Guz^erat, where the people receiv'd 

 him as tfieir lawful King and Heir to Cba-jcban. He fent his Orders to all the 

 Cities, and particularly to Surat, where he appointed a Governor j but the Gover- 

 nor of thetortrefs, who was left there by Morat-Bakche, refus'd to fubmit to 

 Dara-cha, fo that he was fore'd to let him alone. 



In the mean time Dara-cba receiv'd news at Amadabat, that Jeffomfeino one of 

 the moft potent Raja r s in all India, was fall'n off from AureL^eb The fame 

 Raja alfo fohcits him to advance with his Army. Dara-cba confiding in his 

 words, follow'd his counfe!, and march'd to Emir, which was the place o^Rende- 

 vouz appointed. But Raja foffomfiing being regain'd by the perfvvafions of Raj* 

 M etn Z> more potent than himfelf, to favour Atireng-z.eb, never met according to 

 us promife } nor did he come till the laft pufh 5 and then only with a defe to 

 betray the poor Prince. Thus the two Brothers meeting, they came to a Battel 

 which Iafted three days : but in the heat of all the Fight, Uomfdm (hewing an 

 apparent treachery, went over to jHYcng-xaB ; upon which Dara-cbSs Souldiers 

 immediate v fled. Dara-cha having thus loft all his hopes, and finding Fortune con- 

 trary to all his expectations, fled away likewife with his Wives, fome of his Chil- 

 dren, and his molt faithful Servants, in an equipage that drew compaffion. But 

 coming to Amadabat, the Governor having declar'd for Anrnt^x7k deni'd him 

 entrance Thereupon he difcamp'd in the middle of the night, fnd took the road 

 tor Scindi. ° 



He arriv'd at Scindi, with an intention to pafs into Perfia, where Cba-Abas the 

 second expected him with a magnificent Retinue, and a refoJution to have affifted 



him- 



