our Author, and thofe who are well acquainted 
with the Court of the King of Ferjia^ ,fay as he does, 
that Begum is the Title of the Queens and Princefles, 
and Khaniim that of the chief Ladies of his Serraglio. 
And I wonder, as well as you, at the meaning which 
is given to that word in the Book of the Coronation of 
Solymaiîy feeing it hath no Charad:er that comes near 
the Natural fignification of and far lefs the 
Artificial, which at moft makes it only to iignifie a 
Beloved Lady, This word hath its Original from 
Galantry ; the Etymology of it is Khan, ufed in Per- 
fia chiefly to fignifie the Commander or Governour 
of a Province or Town, and the two other letters, 
or rather the Confonant with the Vowel or Mo- 
tion that accompanies it , is an adjunct Particle, 
which both in Turkilh and Perfian ftands in place 
of a Pronoun poffeffive of the firll: Perfon : And fo 
the word Khanum fignifies my Khan, my Commander, 
my Governour in the Mafciiline gender, which 
hath been given by the Kings of Ferjïa to the Women 
they paffionately loved, in the lame manner as fbme 
Amorous Man might in Englifh call a Lady who 
commanded all his aiFedlions, his Conquerour ; and 
N this is very far from the ferious lignification of 
Dutchefs, as it is found in the Book of the Corona- 
tion of Solyman. 
And now, Sir, as to what remains of your Note, 
to wit, the two words ofSarazins and Sofi ; certainly 
there is no fault to be found with the learning of 
Monfieur de Thevenot in neither of the two. ; and when 
he affirms that Sarazins comes from Sarah to Rob, 
no exceptions can be taken thereat. There is much 
more to be faid againfi: the Etymology of that -jvord 
mentioned in the Book tht Coronation of Solyman, 
notwithftanding the long diifertation inferted in it, 
and the infulting over thofe who therein are called 
Relati®n-makers , ^ay aiid the ancient Hiftorians 
themfelves. How Î. in God's name, would he who 
hatii written that Book, have Sarazin to come from 
Sara Netchim, and where does he find this Etymo- 
logy ? If he have any Knowledge of the Oriental 
Languages, v/liich I cannot be pofitivein, as not . 
having 
