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power, with the Title of the Kingdom of Decan ; btit what is moft furpriz- 
ing of all, at the very time (when he was moft dreaded all over the Indies,) 
he grew weary of R oyalty , and gave his l^ominions to a Coufin German of 
his own , called (as 1 think) Da^uem , wHom he made King, and then re- oa^uem. 
tired to a private lite in Bengala. 
But feeing he had been ferved in his Conquefts by fome Mahometan Cap- 
tains , whom he much efteemed for theif Valour , he contra£ted with his 
Succeffour that he fho'uld leave them in the Governments of the Countries , 
where he had placed them : Tlic truth is. The new King not only confirm- 
ed them therein, but (that he might pleafe Chahalem the more) augmented 
their Govcrnm^intSjand honoured them with a particular confidence. Thefe 
Captains maintained fplcndidly the power of their IVlafter,as longas Chahalem 
lived -, bnt after his death, which happened in the Year One thoufand five 
hundred and fifty, his Succeffour having been defeated by the Mogul Huma- 
yon , who returned into the Indies , with the affiftance that Chah-Tahmas , 
King of Verfia^ gave him at the Sollicitation of his Sifter ; thefe Traitors(in- 
ftead of owning their Bcnefador as they ought to have done by their Loyal- 
ty,) combined againft him , and killed all his faithful Friends -, theyfeized AgreatTm- 
his own perfon , and having (hut him up in the Caftle of 5e«/er, kept him 
there till he died , under the Itrickt Guard of one of the Confpirators \ they 
next invaded his Countreys , divided amongft themfelves his Provinces , 
and formed them into Kingaoms.ThethreecniefConfpiratorswereN/2i«?w- 
Cha^ Cotb-Cha and Aàtl-Cha -, thefe three Ufurpers made themfelves Kings, "^^^ ufuipers 
and eftablifhcd the Kingdoms of Viz,iafour , Btjnagar or Carnates , and Gol- Thf fectkment 
conda. Hziapour fell to the fhare of Nizam-Cha, who is faid to have beenan of threeKing" 
Indian, and of tlie Royal Blood -, Bifnagar to Adtl-Cha, and Golconda to Cobt- doms. 
cha i and the Succeffours of thefe feveral Kings have fincc continued to take 
the name of their Founders. 
i^s many other Captains were concerned in the Confpiracy , fo were o- 
thcr Principalities erected in Decan , but moft of them fell under the power 
of the firft three, or of their Succeffours. Thefe three Princes poffeffed their 
Kingdoms without trouble , fo long as they lived together in good Intelli- 
gence , and they defeated the Army of" the Mogul in a famous Battel , but 
they fèll a claftiing amongft themfelves about the end of their Reigns, and 
their Children fucceeded to their Misunderftandings as well as to their Do- 
minions , to which the cunning of the Mogtfls did not a little contribute. 
Thefe have by degrees taken from them the Provinces of Balagate, Telenga 
and Baglana , or at Icaft the greateft part of them , and Auran-Zeb feized Mran-id. 
of a great many good Towns in Fiziapour , when he was no more as yet 
but the Go vernour of a Province , which would not have happened , if the 
King of Bifnagar had affifted his Neighbour as he ought to have done. The 
want of affiftance on that Kings part, fo exafperated the King of Fiziapour^ 
that he no fooner made peace with the Mogul in the year One thoufand 
fix hundred and fifty , but he made a League with the King of Golconda 
againft the King of Bifnagar, ^nà entered into a War with him-, they hand- 
led him fo very roughly, that at length, they ftript him of his Dominions. 
The King of Golconda feized thofe of the coaft of Coromandel^ which lay con- ' " 
venicntly for him -, and the King oîViziàpour having taken what lay next 
to him, purfued his Conqueft as far as the Cape of Negapatan^ fo that Adil- 
Cha was left without a K ingdom, and conftrained to flie into the Mountains, 
where he ftill lives deprived of his Territories. His chief Town was Velour^ reUur. 
five days Journey from St. Thomas , but that Town at prefent belongs to 
theKingofF/z,wj)ô«r, as well as Ge»gi, and feveral others of C<ir«^?f^/. cengi. 
This Kingdom oi Carnates or Bifnagar, which was formerly called Nar- 
fingue , began three days Journey from Golconda towards the South -, it had ^'J"^^^''' 
many Towns, and the Provinces thereof croffed from the coaft of Coroman- 
del to the coaft of Malabar , reaching a great way towards the Cape of Co- 
ntory • it had Viziapour and the Sea of Cambaye to the Weft , and the Sea of 
Bengala to thc Eaft ^ what of it belongs to the King oïViziapour is at prefent Raja CoM. 
governed by an Enuch of Threefcore and zen years of Age, (called Raja- 
Co«//,who conquered it with extraordinary expedition.That Raja (to whom 
,the King gave the furname of Niecnm-Can, which is as much as to i'a.y.Lord 
of good renon'n, is the richeft Subjed of the Indies. Whil'ft 
