7 £ 1^ Remarks, o/john Albert de Mandeliloe Book I. 
An Inventory of the ’Treafure of Achobar (See Ak- 
bar in the Hijlory of the Mogul Emperors) at the 
lime of his Deceafe . 
In certain forts of Money coined 
by the fpecial Order of the faid 1 
Achobar - - - - 3 
In another kind of Money, called J 
from his Name, Achobar Ropies > 
In another fort of Money, called l 
Payfes, fixty whereof make a> 
Crown - - -3 
In Diamonds, Rubies, Emeralds, n 
Saphires, Pearls, and other pre- > 
clous Stones - - -3 
In Statues of Gold of divers Crea- 
tures 
■! 
■1 
In Hpufhold-ftuff, Gold - Plate, > 
as Difhes, Cups, &c. - - 5 
In Brafs and Copper Utenfils - - 
In Purcelain, or China Ware, and 
other Earthen- Veffels, to the 
Value of - - - 
In Brocades, and other gold andn 
filver Stuffs, and in Silk and > 
Calicoes - - -3 
In Woolen-Cloths - 
In Tents, Hangings, and Tapef- ? 
try - - -3 
Twenty-four thoufand Manufcripts ? 
richly bound, valued at - - 3 
In Artillery and Ammunition - - 
His Magazine of Small- Arms, n 
Swords, Bucklers, Pikes, Bows, > 
Arrows, &c. - - -3 
In Saddles, Bridles, and other n 
Gold and Silver Accoutrements > 
to the Value of - - 3 
In Covering -Cloths for Hones “I 
and Elephants , embroidered ! 
with Gold, and Silver, and f 
Pearls - - - -J 
Crowns. Pence. 
148,790,000 
50,000,000 
383-333 
10 
30,026,026 
9 > 5 ° 3 > 37 o 
30 
5,866,895 
5 
25,612 
30 
M 53^73 
3 ° 
7,654,989 
30 
251,626 
4,962,772 
30 
3,2 s 1 , 865 
30 
4,287,985 
3 ° 
3 > 777 > 75 2 
30 
1,262,824 
2,500,000 
All which together amounts to 274,113,793 : 15 
This, tho s in itfelf an immenfe Sum, yet falls very fhort 
of fifteen hundred Millions, which is efteemed the Amount 
of the Mogul’s Treafure at prefent. Neither is it at all 
improbable that it may be fo ; for though it may be true, 
that the ordinary Revenue of the Crown is not confiderably 
encreafed, yet by the rich Prefents made annually at ftated 
Times by his Grandees, and his being Heir-general to all 
the Officers in his Service throughout his extenfive Em- 
pire^ there is no Doubt that the grofs Amount of his Re- 
ceipts muft'be exceedingly augmented fince that Time. 
As there is no Inheritance of Eftates belonging to the 
Children of great Perfons, fo they can claim no Share in 
their Fathers Dignity. The Title of Rajah being no more 
inheritable there than that of the Khan’s. in Perfia , the only 
Advantage they have is, that they are entrufted with leffer 
Charges by the Mogul, till, by their Merits, they can raife 
thenfjelves to the higheft Dignity. The chiefeft Officers 
of the Court are the Vizir, or Pri me Min iff er, the chief 
of the Eunuchs, or Lord High Steward of the Treafury, 
Principal Secretary of State, General of the Elephants, 
and Surveyor of the Houfhold-Stuff, Tents, and Jewels. 
Thefe are conftant Members of the Mogul’s Privy Council, 
unto which is alfo fome, times called the Couteval, who is 
both Chief Juflice, and Commander in -chief of the Mo- 
gul’s Guards. The Council commonly fits in the Night- 
time from feven till nine. 
The Mogul appears every Morning at Sun-rifing, and 
the Lords come to pay their Veneration to him about 
Noon, when he comes to fee the Fighting of the Wild- 
Beafts, and about Evening when he appears at a certain 
Window jo fee the Sun-fating. Acggidjjrig to the Roll of 
the Kingdom, the Provinces of Candabar, Debit , Bengal* 
Qrixa, and fome others, bringing in a yearly Revenue of 
Eighty- feven Millions, two hundred and fifty thoufand 
Crowns, the Province of Guzarat is able to raife Ninety 
thoufand Horfe, Cambay a Twelve thoufand, and Cabul L 
many ; Orixa Eighty thoufand, and Dehii One hundred 
and fifty thoufand , befides thole of the other Provinces, 
of which I could learn no Certainty. His Militia is di- 
vided into certain Brigades of twelve or' fifteen hundred 
Horfe, commanded either by the King’s Sons, or the 
chiefeft Lords in the Empire, fome of whom have alfo un- 
der their Command' certain Regiments of 2000, qooo, 
and 4000 Horfe. Certain it is, that then the prefent 
Mogul went in Perfon into the Field againft Khan-Kahaan 
in 1630. His Army confifted of 144,500 Horfe, divided 
into four Brigades, befides a vaft Number of Elephants, 
Camels, Mules and Artillery-Horfes. The Arms ufed 
in their Camp were moftly Bows and Arrows, a Javelin, 
which they dart with great Dexterity, a Cymitar, Poini= 
ard and Buckler, which hang about their Necks. The 
Horfemen ufe no Fire-arms, but their Infantry ufe the 
Mufquet tolerably well ; their Pike-men have Pikes of 
ten or twelve Foot long, which they dart at the Enemy, 
inftead of oppofing the Horfe with them as we do in Eu- 
rope, fome ufe Coats of Mail, reaching down to their 
Knees, but are without Elead-pieces. They underftand 
nothing of martial Exercifes ; the Van or Rear, Front and 
File, being Things never heard of among them ; but fight 
without any Method or Order. Their chief Truft lies in 
their Elephants, on the Backs of which are fixed certain 
wooden Towers, carrying three or four Harquebufes, with 
as many Men to them, and the Elephants ferve them in- 
ftead of Bulwarks, to hinder the Enemy from breaking 
in upon them : But the worft is, that thefe Beafts being 
terrified by artificial Fire-works, or fome other fuch like 
Means, make a greater Havock among their own People 
than the Enemy. They commonly have a great Train of 
Artillery, and fome very large Pieces. They alfo make 
Gun-powder, but not fo good as ours. Their Copper- 
trumpets and Timbrels, make a Noife that is not unplea- 
sant in the Field. Their Armies never march above five 
Leagues in a Day. As in their Encampments they take 
up a vaft Circumference of Ground, fo they oblerve a ve- 
ry good Order in them, every thing being as well regulat- 
ed there as in a City ; and it is obfervable, that the Mo- 
gul and the General of the Army, always have their 
Tents pitched without the Reach of Mufquet-fhot fron* 
the reft. 
His ordinary Guard is 12000 Men, befides the 6 oq 
that have the Title of the Guard of his Body, and are al- 
ways attending his Perfon. The Mogul fometimes con- 
fers the Dignity of Rajah or Prince, upon his chief Vizir, 
who has the fupreme Management of all civil and military 
Affairs' throughout the Kingdom : He is not permitted to- 
take the leaft Prefent, but his Clerks are fo little confcienci- 
ous in this Point, that for Money a Man may know every 
thing that paffes through their Hands. The Rajahs and 
other great Men, pay a moft profound Veneration to their 
Monarch ; they never approach or fpeak to him without 
many Bows and Reverences, and when they are going 
away they do it backwards, bowing their Heads down to 
the Ground, putting their Hands over their Eyes, and af- 
terwards upon their Breafts, to fhew their Humility. The 
Mogul never ftirs abroad out of the City or otherwife, with- 
out a Guard of ten thoufand Men, at the Head of which, 
inarch one hundred Elephants covered with Scarlet, Velvet, 
and Brocades, each having two Men on his Back, viz. 
one who guides die Beaft, the other carries a Banner of 
Silk*, upon feven or eight of the foremoft are mounted the 
Muficians, who play upon the Timbrel. The Mogul is 
either mounted upon a iinePerJian Horfe, or is carried in a 
Coach drawn by two white Oxen, or carried in a Chair. 
The chief Men of the Court follow immediately after, and 
after them the Baggage. He commonly pitches his Tents 
in the Field, the better to enjoy the Conveniency of the 
cool Air in the Summer, and to choofe the warmeft Places 
in the Winter, which is the Reafon he commonly leaves 
Agra in April , and paffes the Months of May , June, July 
and Augufi, at Labor y or in feme other northerly Province. 
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