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Part III. Travels into tife IN D Ï E S. 3 5 
So foon as Auran-Zeb knew that his Father was in his Power, he made -^umn-zch 
himfelf be proclaimed King : He held his Court at Dehly, and no party mms pro'-'aimed 
made for the unfortunate King, though many had been railed by his boun- 
tyand liberalities. From that time forward Auran-Zeb Reigned without 
trouble ^ and the King his Father dying in Priibn aboiit the end of the year The d^ath of 
One thoufand fix hundred fixty lix, he enjoyed at eaic the Empire, and K-'ng cha-ge- 
that fo famous Throne of the Moguls, which he had left in the Prifoners 
appartment to divert him with. He added to the precious Ston.es that were 
fet about it, thofe of the Princes his Brothers, and particularly the Jewels 
of Begum-Saheb his Sifter, who died after her Father-, and whofe death, (as Bes-um-Saheb 
it was faid,) was haflrened by Poifon. And in fine, he became abfolute Ma- ShieTt'o "Ju- 
fier of all, after he had overcome and put to death Dara Cha his Eldeft Bro- ran-Zeb. 
ther, whom Cha-Gehan had defigned for the Crown. That King is Inter- rpj^^ 3^ ^^^^ 
red on the other fide of the River, in a Monimient which he began, but is ofa/^-ciw! 
not finifhed. 
The Town of Agra is Populous as a great Town ought to be, but not fo 
as to be able to fend out Two hundred thoufand fighting men into the Field, 
as fome have written. The Palaces and Gardens take up the greateft part 
of it, fo that its extent is no infallible Argument of the number of its In- 
habitants. The ordinary Houfes are low, and thofe of the commoner fort 
of People are but Straw, containing but few People a piece-, and the truth 
is, one may walk the Streets without being crouded, and meet with no 
throng but when the Court is there : But at that time, I have been told there 
is great confuhon, and infinite numbers of People to be feen -, and no won- 
der indeed, feeing the Streets arc narrow , and that the King behdes his 
Houfhold, (who are many,) is always attended by an Army for his Guard ^ 
and the Rajas, Omras, Manjefdars and other great Men, have great Retinues, 
and moft part of the Merchants alfo follow the Court, not to reckon a vail 
number of Tradefmen, and thoufands of followers who have all their fub- 
fiftence from it. 
Some affirm that there are twenty five thoufand Chriftian Families in chriftiansat 
Agra, but all do not agree in that. This indeed is certain, that tliere are 
few Heathen and Varfis'm refpe(5t: of Mahometans thcrç^ and thefe furpafs 
all the other Se£ts in power, as they do in number. The Dutch have a Dutch Fadtory 
Fadory in the Town \ but the Englifli have none now, becaufe it did not at Jgra. 
turn to account. 
The Officers are the fame as at Surrat, and do the fame Duties, and it is 
■juft fo in all the great Towns of the Empire. Wc told you that the FourJ^ 
dar or PrevoH:, is to anfwer for all the Robberies committed in the Coun- 
try-, And that was the reafon why Mr. Beber, one of the Envoys to the 
great Mogul, for the concerns of the Eafi -India ComY>a.n.y in France, having Mr. Sf^^r Rob- 
been Robbed, demanded from that Officer of Agra, the Sum of thirty one 
thoufand tWo hundred Roupies^ which he affirmed were taken from him. 
That Sum aftonilhed the Fourfdar who told him that he did not believe he 
had loft fo much -, and becaufe the Envoy made Anfwer that the fum 
would certainly encreafe, if he delayed to pay down the Money, and if he 
gave him time to call to mind a great many things which he had forgot -, 
He wrote to the Great Mogul, and informed him that it was impoffible that 
that Envoy could have loft fo great a Sum. Monfieur Beber had alfo made 
his addreflfes at Court ^ but it being pretty difficult to give an equitable ien- 
tence in the Cafe, the King, that he might make an end of it, command- 
ed the Fourfdar to pay the Envoy fifteen thoufand Roupies, and becaufe he T^,beralit of 
was wounded when he was Robbed, he ordered him out of his Exchequer, ttieGreat' lio- 
ten thoufand iioa/'/'e J for his Blood. gul. 
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