2=^8 'Be Pers ian Travels Book V . 



was all of Gold, and he had fo much Gold in his Goffers, that when he went 

 to the Great Mogul he would not accept of any thing for his maintenance, 

 but contented himfclf with one of the higheft Dignities in the Empire , 

 which he enjoy'd till his death. At febanabadhe built a moft neat Houfc., with 

 a fair Garden upon the River. 



He got his wealth in fome meafure, for the greateft part came by Inhe- 

 ritance, by the great advantages which he made of the Caravans that then 

 pafsd oftfner through Çandahar then they do now adays. For by delaying 

 the Merchants at the Cuftome-houfe, and by treating them himfèlf, and re- 

 ceiving treatments from them again, he caus'd them to fpend their Provifi- 

 ons, which they were forc'd to recrait again at Cand.ibar. 



The Grand Sha Abbas left the peaceable Pofleffion of Candahar to Sba- • 

 Sep his Grand-child. In whofe time Alïm:ràan-Kan deliver'd it up to the 

 Great Mo<n.L Sha Abbas the Second retook it in the year 165:0. Where- 

 upon Sha-gehan fent his eldeft Son to drive him out. But though his Army 

 confifted of three hundred thoufand men, yet the place was fo well defend- 

 ed that he loft the belt part of his Army before it. The next year Sba- 

 jehan fent another Army under the Command of Sultan-Sujab , but he had 

 no better fuccefs then his Brother. Thereupon Begum Sabeb, Sba-jeban's el- 

 deft Daughter, and paffionately belov'd by him even to Inceft, bearing the 

 greateft fway in the Kingdom, and having a vaft Treafure, rais'd an Army 

 at her own charges, and made Av.rengz.eb Commander of it. After many af- 

 iaults, Aurengz.eb difcourfing with his Generals one day who fhould have the 

 honour if he took the City , and being told that his Sifter would have the 

 honour in regard fhe had rais'd the Army, the Prince either jealous of his 

 Sifter, or elfe not loath to give occafion of being envy'd by his Brothers , af- 

 faulted it no more, and when the rains came, rais'd his fiege. 



A. The Principal Citadel. 



B. Another Citadel. 



C. The Mountain that reach'd to the next Citadel, which Sha Ssfi cut away after 

 he took the City. 



D. The Governours Houfe. 



E. The Lodgings for the Officers and Souldiers. 



F. The Pia%x.a of the City. 



G. The great ftreet. 



H. The two Caufeys that lead to the City. 



/. The Path that leads from the Merjh to the City. 



-K. The leffer way that leads from the City to the Citadel. 



Thus I have finifh'd the moft confiderable Obfèrvations as well in reference 

 to Turkic as to Perfia. I have been curious to underftand things, and have lookt 

 with a ftrict eye upon them : and I am oblig'd to inform the Reader, that he 

 muft not travel into Afia, in expectation of mending his experience in any of the 

 nobler Arts of Painting, Sculpture, Goldfmiths work, or Turning. As for the 

 Coverlets, Embroideries, TifTues of Gold and Silver, which are made in Perfia, 

 and which we admir'd formerly in France, all thefe give place to our new 

 manufactures. Infomuch that the Perfians themfelves admire the rich goods of 

 Europe, and when we carry any thither, they are immediately bought up by 

 the King and the Nobility. They neither underftand any thing of Architecture : 

 nor is there any thing in all Afia that equalls the Riches and Beauty of the 

 Loure 3 or of any other of the Kings houfes in France, which infinitely excell in 

 workmanfhip all the magnificence of the Eaftern Monarchs. Which has made 

 me with aftonifhment admire that fo many Travellers have afcrib'd to Perfia 

 and other Regions of Afia, thofe beauties for which they were never beholding 

 either to Art or Nature. For if all they have faid had been true, thofe won- 

 ders could never have efcaped my fight ; and I dare affure the Reader that I have 

 defcrib'd the naked truth of" things as really they are. 



The End of the Relatwis of Perfia : and of 

 the firft Part of Afian Travels. 



