Travels in India

, by Tavernier, Jean-baptiste; Ball, Valentine

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ISBN: 9781108046022 | 1108046029
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Copyright: 5/15/2012

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In 1676, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605-89), French merchant, traveller and pioneer of trade with India, published an account of his journey through India. This two-volume translation, published in 1889 by Irish geologist Valentine Ball (1843-94), includes a biographical sketch of the author, notes and appendices. Tavernier begins his tale with the declaration that 'I came into this world to travel.' As well as most of Europe, he visited large areas of Turkey, Persia and India (where he acquired the great gem, now known as the Hope Diamond, which he sold to Louis XIV), and sailed to Java. In Volume 1, Tavernier sets out from Isfahan to Agra and Delhi; he then supplies a historical and political description of the empire of Shah Jahan and his successors. An appendix provides details about the values of coins, weights and measures mentioned by Tavernier in the original work.

Preface
Introduction - life of J. B. Tavernier
Bibliography
Title page of original edition
Dedication to the King
Design of the author
Table of the books and chapters
'Avis' to the reader
Travels in India: Book I. Concerning Routes Which One May Take to Go from Ispahan to Agra, and from Agra to Delhi and JahÃínÃírÃíd, Where the Court of the Great Mogul Is at Present; as Also to the Court of the King of Golconda and to that of the King of Bijapur, and to Several Other Places in India
Route from Ispahan to Agra by (way of) Gombroon (Bandar AbbÃís), where particular mention is made of the navigation from Hormuz to Surat
Concerning the customs, the money, the exchange, the weights, and the measures of India
Concerning carriages and the manner of travelling in India
Route from Surat to Agra by BurhÃínpur and Sironj
Route from Surat to Agra by AhmadÃíbÃíd
Route from Ispahan to Agra by KandahÃír
Sequence of the same route from Delhi up to Agra
Route from Agra to Patna and Dacca, towns of the Province of Bengal; and the quarrel which the author had with ShÃíistÃí KhÃín, uncle of the King
Route from Surat to Golconda
Of the Kingdom of Golconda, and the wars which it has carried on during the last few years
Route from Golconda to Masulipatam
Route from Surat to Goa, and from Goa to Golconda by Bijapur
Remarks upon the present condition of the town of Goa
Concerning what the author did during his sojourn at Goa on his last journey in 1648
History of Father Ephraim, Capuchin, and how he was cast into the Inquisition at Goa
Route from Goa to Masulipatam by Cochin, described in the history of the capture of that town by the Dutch
Route by sea from Hormuz to Masulipatam
Route from Masulipatam to Gandikot, a town and fortress in the Province of Carnatic, and the author's transactions with Mir Jumla, who commanded the army of the King of Golconda; in which also there is a full description of elephants
Route from Gandikot to Golconda
Return from Surat to Hormuz, and how the author found himself engaged in a very rough and dangerous naval combat, from which he escaped without accident
Historical and Political Description of the Empire of the Great Mogul
Account of the last wars in Hindustan, in which is set forth the present condition of the Empire and the Court of the Great Mogul
Concerning the sickness and supposed death of ShÃíh JahÃín, King of India, and the rebellion of the Princes, his sons
Concerning ShÃíh JahÃín's prison, and how he was punished by Aurangzer, his third son, for the injustice he had done to Prince BolÃíki his nephew, grandson of JahÃíngir, to whom, since he was the son of the firstborn, the Empire of the Moguls belonged
Concerning the flight of DÃírÃí ShÃíh to the Kingdoms of Sind and GujarÃít; his second battle with Aurangzeb; his capture and death
How Aurangzer seated himself upon the throne and had himself declared King; and concerning the flight of Sultan ShujÃí
Concerning the prison of Sultan Muhammad, son of Aurangzer, and of Sultan Suliman Sheko, eldest son of DÃírÃí ShÃíh
Concerning the beginning of Aurangzeb's reign, and the death of ShÃíh JahÃín, his father
Concerning the preparations which are made for the festival of the Great Mogul, when he is solemnly weighed every year; of the splendour of his thrones and the magnificence of his Court
Concerning other details of the Great Mogul's Court
The Great Mogul orders all his jewels to be shown to the author
Terms of the passport which the NawÃíb ShÃíistÃí KhÃín sent to the author, with some letters which he wrote to him and the replies to them, in which the style of these countries manifests itself
Appendix
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