It) 2 Travels into I N D I E S. Part III 
talfe 3 it is certain that the King fent to the Santd's Houfe, to fetch from 
thence his Daughters Jewels and the Elephant , and ordered him to de- 
part out of the Kingdom. The Kings eldeft Daughter was married to the 
Kinfman of a Cheik of Mecha -, the ttconà married Mahmoud , eldeft Son to 
' Aman-Zthy for the Reafons I mentioned already and the third is Wife to 
the little Son-in-law Mirz^a Abdul-CoJ[in , who has Male-Children by her j 
and they fay, the fourth is dehgned for the King of Fiziapour. 
The King of Golconda has vafl: Revenues -, he is proprietory of all the 
Lands in his Kingdom , which he Rents out to thofe who offer moft , ex- 
cept fuch as he gratifies his particular Friends with, to whom he gives the 
Cuftonis. ufe of them for a certain time. The Cuftqms of Merchants Goods that 
.pafs through his Countrey , and of the Ports of Mafulipatan and Ada- 
drefpatan yield.him much , and there is hardly any fort of Provifions in 
his Kingdom, from which he hath not confiderable dues. 
Diamond The Diamond-Mines pay him likewile a great Revenue , and all they 
Mines. whom he allows todigg in -, thofe that are towards Mafulipatan pay him a 
Pagod every hour they work there , whether they find any Diamonds or 
not. His chief Mines are in Carnates in divers places towards Viz^iapour, and 
he hatii Six thoufand Men continually at work there , who daily find near 
three Pound v^eight, and no body diggs there but for the King. 
A rich Jewel of Tliis Pnnce wears on the Crown of his head, a Jewel almoft a Foot long, 
the Ring of which is faid to be of an ineftimable value -, it is a Rofe of great Diamonds, 
Gohonde. three or four Inches diameter; in the top of that Rofe there is a little Crown, 
out of which ifllies a Branch faûiioned like a Palm-Tree Branch , but is 
round ; and that Palm-Branch (which is crooked at the top) is a good Inch 
in Diameter, and about half a Foot long-, it is made up of feveral Sprigs, 
which are (as it were) the leaves of it , and each of which have at their end 
a lovely long Pearl fiiaped like a Pear -, at the Foot of this Pofie, there are 
two Bands of Gold infafliionof Table-bracelets,in which are enchafed large 
Diamonds fet round with Rubies, which with great Pearls that hang dang- 
ling on all fides , make an exceeding rare ftiew ; and thefe Bands have 
Clafps of Diamonds to faften the Jewels to the head: In ftiort. That- King 
hath many other, confiderable pieces of great value in his Treafury , and 
it is not to be doubted,but that he furpaflPes all the Kings of the Indies^ in pre- 
tious Stones-, and that if there were Merchants (who would give him their 
worth,) he would have prodigious Sums of Money. 
CHAP. VIIL 
Of the Omras or Omros of Golconda. 
THe Omras are the great Lords of the Kingdom, who are ( for the moft 
part)Pcy/;<î»/,or the Sons of Terfians-^ they are all l:ich,for they not only 
have great Pay yearly of the King for their Offices , but they make extream 
advantage alio by the Soldiers , fcarcely paying one half of the number 
they are obliged to entertain -, befides that, they have gratifications from 
the King, of Lands and Villages , whereof he allows them the life 
where they commit extraordinâry exadtions by the Bramens^ who are their 
Farmers. 
. Thefe Omras generally make a very handfome Figure -, when they go 
through the Town, an Elephant or two goes before them , on which three 
Men carrying Banners are mounted-, fifty or fixty Troopers well cloathed, 
and riding on Per fan or Tartarian Horfès, with Bows and Arrows , Swords 
by their ïides, and Bucklers on their backs, follow them at fome diftance ; 
and after thefe come other Men on Horfe-back, founding Trumpets, and 
playing on Fifes. After 
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