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A Defcripion of the Coafts of 
fvA-^ *■ and to eftablifliifh a mutual, firm and 
Baldaiis. ' everlafting Correfpondence betwixt us, 
* which we lhall very religioufly obferve 
' (as long as your Majefty's Governors 
' don't ad contrary to the faid Firman ) 
*■ without the leaft interruption on our 
* fide. We wifli your Majefty a profperous 
' and long Life, and Vidory over your 
' Enemies. 
Dated in your Majefly's City of 
Suratte^ 2^ Sept. in the year 1649 
after the Birth of Chrift. 
The King's Letter was thus. 
The King Chaasjan fends the following 
Direftions to Mierfta Arep his Go- 
vernor of Suratte. 
Kings Let- (. lUIlasthe Sajetes are efteem'd among 
ter,Qr J<ir- 1 J ^j^g Saints, fo is Mierfia Arcp re- 
*■ fpefted in his Family. I would have 
' you reft fecure of my Royal Favour : 
' Beiides what Dignities you were pof- 
fefsM of before, we have thought fit 
' to beftow upon you the Reward of 
' Paans Zeddi^ and 300 Horfes for your 
' Services, in the Government of the 
* open Country and fince the departure 
' of Miermofa have put you into his 
* place i and for the better maintaining 
* of your Grandeur, have allotted you the 
' Royal Revenues of both your Govern- 
' ments, in the Adrainiftration of which 
* you fliall be very vigilant and courteous ; 
' towards the chief Merchants you fliall 
' comport your felf very obligingly, and 
' give a helping hand to all the foreign 
' Nations trafficking there, as tending to 
' the no fmall increafe of our Treafury. 
« Your Authority fhall not extend to ex- 
man 
aft more than the ufual Cuftom.s, even 
of the meaneft perfons, but you fhall ad 
■ in every thing as a Man of Honour and 
■ Confcience : What Rarities you hap- 
'- pen to meet with coming from foreign 
' places, you fhall ( like your Predeceffor 
Miermofa) fend to my Daughter Sa- 
' hebbejcn^ who twice a month pays her 
' Refpeft before my Throne j whatever 
' is extraordinary fine and rare, let it be 
' valued, and purchafe it of the Owner 
' accordingly ; but if you can't agree, 
* fend him hither, that he may be fatif- 
* fied in his juft Demands. So foon as 
' my Royal Firman comes to your hands, 
^ you fliall endeavour to lift loChriftian 
*■ Confl:ables,well verfed in their Art, into 
' our Service, and you fliall fpare no Colt 
*" to have fome great Cannon call for our 
* ufe. We have been inform'd, that a- 
' bout two years ago the Dutch Factory 
* was robb'd of 50000 Ropicvs^ for which He makes 
they have feiz'd divers Sums of Mony'/ lefsthan 
belonging to our Merchants, and'^ 
' coming in their Ships from Mocha^ and 
* have thereupon declared their Sent!- 
* ments to the Governour Miermofa it 
' is therefore that I command you to ob- 
' lige the Hollanders to reftore the faid 
' Mony to the Owners, who have nei- 
' ther the leaft fliare or knowledg in what 
' relates to their lofst And in cafe you 
^ fhould not be able to bring things to 
* an agreement with the Hollanders^ we 
* command you to demand the faid Sums 
* of Mony of Miermofa and Ommercban^ 
and pay the fame to the faid Merchants 
* (whofe Effefts are feiz'd) in recom- 
* pence of their Lofs. 
Thefe are the Contents of the King's 
Letter, as it was tranflated figJm the 
Perrtan'. 
CHAP. IIL 
The Chom of Sahdi, or the Road before Suratte. Traffick of the Dutch^ 
EfJgliJIj, Moors and Portuguefes to Suratte^ Gufmane^ Brochia^ Goga.^ Fatte' 
fatane^ Mmgerol^ Brodera^ and other places* 
Defer iption 
o/5"uratte. 
THE City Suratte did (purfuant to 
their antient Records ) pay a year- 
ly Tribute of 2000000 Mamoidys^ or 
1000000 Livres, or 400000 Crowns, to 
their King Achahaar^ one Ganna Canna 
being then their Governour, who had 
1 800 Villages under his Jurifdidion. All 
about Suratte are abundance of very plea- 
fant and ftately Summer-Seats, and mag- 
nificent Burying-places (a thing much in 
requeft among the Moors ) befides feve- 
ral large Cifterns, or rather Ponds, facM 
with Freeftone. Among the reft one de- 
ferves particularly to be taken notice 
of, as havmg no lefs than a hundred An- 
gles of 28 yards each, with Stone Steps 
to lead you down into the Ciftern j in 
the midft of which ftands the Tomb of 
the Founder. 
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