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640 The H I STO RP of the 
praflicable v and Shah Abbas on the very Point of mak- this Order was founded, and therefore made no great Hafte 
ing a general Storm. The Condubt of this Officer was to obey it ; but he was much more perplexed, when lie 
very ferviceable to the Emperor, though not agreeable to difcovered that Sultan Parvis was not at all difpleafed at 
his Orders, for it gave Mohammed-Khan an Opportunity of his Difgrace, but rather looked upon it as a Piece of p-ood 
drawing together fuch a Force as put a Stop to the Pro- Fortune, which left him an Army entirely at his Difpofah 
grefs of the Perfian Arms, and prevented Shah Abhas Mohammed-Khan then faw that Loyalty and Probity "were 
from profecuting the Defign he had formed of making an Virtues quite unneceffary to Minifters under an abfolute 
Irruption into Indofian. Government, and that in the Situation he Food, it 'was 
This Misfortune was quickly followed by a greater ; the neceffary to prabtife the fame bold Meaflire which he had 
Emperor had given Orders for tranfporting the Treafures once before taken with fo much Suecefs. He had In- 
of the Empire from Agra to Labor , and Afaph-Khan was formation, that the Court was removing from Agra to 6k- 
direbled to fee this performed, of which he immediately bul, and that the Bulk of the Army generally moved 
gave Notice to his Son-in-law, Sultan Chorrom , and ad- fome Diftance before it. Fie affembled therefore with 
vifed him to march with an Army and feize them on great Secrecy and Diligence, by the Affiftance of fome old 
the Road •, and he accordingly put himfelf at the Head of Officers deyoted to his Service, five thoufand Rafkpouts 9 
fixty thoufand Men for that Purpofe. The Delign, how- of determined Courage, with whom he watched the Em- 
over, was prevented by the Fidelity of the Officer, who peror’s Motions, and underhand ing, that the Army had 
had the Cuftody of thofe Treafures, and who abfolutely palled the River Nilab , in the Grey of the Morning, he 
refufed to deliver them to Afaph-Khan , though he pro- inverted the Camp of Jehanguire before Sun-rife, and al- 
duced the Emperor’s Order. Sultan Chorrom not meet- molt without Bloodffied, fecured Him, the Emprefs, Sultan 
ing with them upon the Road, proceeded to Agra \ and Bolaqui^ Sultan Sheriar, and his two mortal Enemies, Afaph^ 
though he was not able to take the Citadel, plundered the Khan and Kama , which was, perhaps, one of the bold- 
City, and then returned into his own Province oiDecan-, with ell Actions ever performed in the Indies-. 
an immenfe Booty. The Emperor, incenfed at this out- The Ufe this Minifter made of it was furprizingly ge- 
rageous Act of Difloyaity, affembled all his Forces, and nerous ; he told the Emperor, as foon as he faw him, 
marched in Perfon againit this unnatural Son. The Ar- that he did not come to make him a Prifoner, but to fee 
mies met in the Neighbourhood of the City of Dehly , him at full Liberty, and leave it in his Power to place 
where an obftinate Engagement enfued, in which, how- whom he pleafed on the Throne after his Deceafe. As 
ever, the Emperor was at laft vibtorious, and Sultan for the two Princes, he fent them Prilbners to the Citadel 
Chorrom was obliged to retire into the Mountains. The of Agra , and after having detained the Minifters, his Ene~ 
young Sultan Bolaqui was fent by his Grandfather to lay mies, for fome Time in Cuftody, he fee them at Liberty, 
Siege to the City of Amadabat , which was the Capitl of his having firft fworn Kama on the Khoran, not to bear Arms 
rebellious Son’s Province. This he performed with all againft him, which Oath he kept in a very minifterial 
the Zeal, and all the Expedition that could be expebted, Manner •, for the Emprefs having by her Intrigues recall- 
made himfelf Mailer of the Place in a few Days after he ed the Emperor’s Army, he put himfelf at the Head of 
appeared before it, feized all the Treafures that were laid it, with a View to have deprived of Liberty and Life 
up therein, broke to Pieces the Throne of Gold the Sul- that great Man from whom he had juft received both ; 
tan had erebled there, and diftributed the Diamonds with but Mohammed had timely Notice of the Defign, and 
which it was adorned, amongft his Officers. This Vic- made his Efcape. He foon after faw himfelf in worfe 
tory had, in all Probability, put an End to the War, if Circumftances than ever ; for the Troops at Agra fet the two 
one of the Emperor’s Generals, whofe Name was Abdul- Princes at Liberty, Sultan Chorrom took the Field with 
Khan , had not gone over to the Party of Sultan Chorrom , a freffi Army, and Sultan Parvis , who was juft reconciled 
which gave him frelh Hopes, and enabled him, once more, to him, died of a Difeafe. His Affairs appeared now fo 
to take the Field, though with a fmall Army, with which he defperate, that his Son deferted him, and took Part with 
retired behind the River Nerbda , and fixed his head Quar- the Court. In this Diftrefs, the old Man preferved no- 
ters at Brampour . While he was in this Poll, and endea- thing but his Loyalty, and his Spirits, retiring, for the 
vouring to recruit his Forces, very high Difputes arofe fake of immediate Safety, to Rajah Rana> a powerful In - 
between his old Minifter Kama , and his new Favourite dian Prince, and yet fo fimple, and fo bad a Politician, 
Abdul-Khan , which, by Degrees, grew to fuch a Height that he received his old Friend covered with Misfortunes, 
that the former deferted his Intereft, and made his Peace and in all Appearance without Refource, with as much 
with the Emperor, To do this the more effebtually, he Affeblion as when the firft Man, in the Empire, and at 
informed Sultan Parvis and Mohammed-Khan of the di- the Head of its Armies and Councils. The firft thing 
ftreffed Situation of Sultan Chorrom ' s Affairs, advifing Mohammed thought of in his Retreat, was his reftoring 
them to pals the River immediately, and fecure his Per- the publick Peace, and fecuring the Quiet of his Mailer 
fon. But Abdul-Khan , fufpecling that he would give as long as he lived, which was all the Revenge he took 
this Advice, advifed his Mailer to retire into the Domini- for the repeated Injuries he had received, 
ons of Amber Make , an Indian Prince, who was his It was with this View, that he wrote to Sultan Chorrom , 
Friend *, by which he efcaped his total Ruin : And, on and offered him his Service, not to abt againft his Father, 
on the other hand, Mohammed-Khan believing that Kenna but to fecure the Crown to him after his Deceafe. That 
had deceived him, treated them but very indifferently. Prince had married the Daughter, and was entirely under 
By this Time however the Emprefs began to appre- the Influence of Afaph , the avowed Enemy of Moham- 
hend that Mohammed-Khan intended to put Sultan Parvis med , to whom he revealed the Propofition made him, and 
the Throne, in which fhe was confirmed by the great alked his Advice: He conjured his Son to accept the Of- 
Victory gained over the Sultan Chorrom at Alabajfen , one fer ; you cannot, faid he, have a better General, or a 
of the moft famous Battles that was ever fought in the more faithful Servant. Thus, in an Inftant, the whole 
Indies ; fhe therefore determined to ruin that great Minifter, Face of Affairs was again changed ; Mohammed reconciled 
in the Opinion of a Mailer who owed his Life and Crown the Emperor to his Son, pacified all the Troubles of the 
to his Fidelity. Empire, and put it in the Power of Jehanguire to fpend 
It was with this View that fhe fent for the Traitor Kama the Remainder of his Days in Peace. That Monarch 
to Court, whofe Eloquence, affifted by the Influence of was now grown old and infirm, and therefore defired to 
the Sultana, drew over the old Emperor to their pernicious enjoy his Eafe in the pleafant and wholfome Country of 
Opinion, and induced him to fend an Order to Mohammed- Cachemire , whither he retired, but had not continued there 
Khan to come to Court immediately, without any Attendance, long, before he found himfelf troubled with an Afthma.. 
He was too wife a' Man not to difeern upon what Motives The Impatience natural to Age and Sicknefs, made him 
*1 There are many Circumftances of this Prince’s private Life that very well deferve to be recorded, if we were not preffed both in point of Time 
and Room ; and thefe are known with the greater Certainty, becaufe he wrote himfelf a Treatife, entituled, Vaheat Jehanguiry, or, the Commen- 
taries of J ehanguire, for the firft thirteen Years of his Reign, <uiz. from the 2 s ft of G Haber 1605 to 1618. In thefe are contained Abundance of 
very curious and pleafant Stories ; for he was wont to difguife himfelf in an Evening, in order to go and drink with the Tradefmen of Agra t at the 
common Punch-Houfes, and kept a very exaft Account of his Adventures, 
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