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means he eaiily hindred the Gr^at Mogul from attempting any thing againfl: 
him 5 and was not tributary to him^s his Son is. 
Heretofore the King went ever noVand then to his Palace of Bagnagar^ 
but he hath not been there this eight years ; lince Auran-Zeb (who was then 
but Governour of a Province ) liirprized him in it , having marched his* 
Forces with fo great diligence , that they were at the Gates oiBagnagar^ be- 
fore the King had any News that they were marched from Aurangeabad^ fo 
that he eafily made himfelf Mafter of the Town : Neverthelefs, the King 
in difguife , efcaped by a private door , and retreated to the Fort of Gol- 
conda. The Mogul plundered the Town and Palace, carrying awa)^ all the 
Riches, even to the Plates of Gold , wherewith the Fleors of the Kings ap- 
partmcnt were covered. The Queen Mother (at length) had the Art to ap- 
peafe the Conquerour ^ fhe tueated with him in name of the King, and 
granted him one of his Daughters in Marriage for his Son , with promife 
that he lliould leave the Kingdom to him, if he had no Male ifflie , and he 
hath none. Had it not been for that Accommodation he was upon the 
point of lofing his Kingdom , and perhaps his life too. Since that time 
he is apprehenfive of every thing -, and next to the Queen-mother, he trufts 
no body but Sidy Mezafer (his favourite) and the Bramensjoiccauih that Queen 
is of the Bramen Cafte, and continually furrounded by themi The King 
knows of nothing but by them , and there are fome appointed to hearken 
to what the Vtzjer himfelf, and other Officers have to lay to the King ^ but 
his fear is much encreafed fince the Great MogulhsLih. been in War with the 
King of Vh^iafour, whom in the beginning he affifted with Two hundred 
thoufandMen, commanded by an Eunuch, who was almoft as foon 
recalled as fent , upon the complaints made by the Moguls Embafladour at 
Golconda. The King (to excufe himfelf ) faid, that that Army was fent 
without his knowledge -, and he is ftill in great apprehenfion of having the 
Moguls upon his back, if they fucceed againfl: the King of Ftziapour, who hath 
hitherto defended himfelf very bravely. This fhews the weaknefs of that 
King ; he dares not put to death his Omras^ even when they deferve it 5 and 
if he find them guilty of any Crime , he condemns them only to pay a Fine, 
and takes the Money. Nay , the Dutch begin to infult over him, and it is 
not long fince they obliged him to abandon to them an Englijh Ship, which 
they had feized in the Road of Mafulipata» , though he had undertaken to 
prote£b her. 
There is a Prince alfo at his Court, who begins to create him a great deal 
of trouble, and it is he whom they call the Kings little Son-in-law , who 
hath married the third of the Princefles his Daughters, becaufe he is of the 
Blood Royal : He pretends to the Crown , what promife foever hath been 
made to the Great Mogul -, he makes himfelf to be ferved as the King him- 
felf is , who hitherto loved Iiim very tenderly ; but at prefent he is jealous 
of that Son-in-law as well as of the reft,and fancies that he intends to deltroy 
him, that he himfelf may Reign, tho' he be reckoned a Man of great in- 
tegrity. There was in Bagnagar a Moorifli Santo that lived near the Car- A Moorifli 
vanfery of Nimet-Ulla, who was held in great veneration by the Mahometans ^ -^««'f. 
the Houfe he lived in was built for him by a great Omra^ but he kept his 
Windows fhut all day, and never opened them till towards the Evening , 
to give his Benedidions to a great many people, who asked them withcries^ 
proftating themfelves, and kiffing the ground in his prefence. Moft part 
of the Omrof vifited tnat cheat every evening -, and when he went abroad 
{which happened feldom) he went in a Talanquin , where he fhewed him- 
felf ftark naked after the Www fafliion, and the People reverenced him as 
a Saint. The great Lords made him Prefents, and in the Court of his Houfe 
he had an Elephant chained,which was given him by a great Omra. Whil'ft 
I was on my Journey to C!tfrw<«f«, the Kings little Son-in-law gave to this 
Santo a great; many Jewels belonging to the Princefs his Wife , Daughter to 
the King -, and fince no Man knew the motive of fo great a Prefent, which 
perhaps was only fome Superftitious Devotion , it was prefently given out 
tiiat it was to raife Forces againfl: the King , that with the concurrence of 
the S^»fo he might invade the Crown. Whether that report was true or 
falfe, 
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