INDEX
 

48S
 

Barattes (Barats), orders for payment
of money, 216 and n,

Barbin (Claude), receives transfer of
rights of publication from Bernier, xxi.

Bassora, embassy from Prince of, to
Aurangzeb, 133.

Bastian Consalve. See Sebastian Gon¬
zales Tibao.

Batavia, governor of, co-operates against
pirates of Chittagong, 180, 181.

------governor of, 128 n.

Baute (Buddha), religion of, 336 and n.

Bawan, Sacred Spring at, 410 and n,
412 «.

Bazar-bread of Dehli, 354 and n.

Bazar dealers, 43 and n.

------in camp ot Great Mogol, 365.

Bechen (Vishnu), the preserver, 342
and n.

Bed?nushk, cases of, presented to Au¬
rangzeb, 147 and 71.

Begum-Saheb, daughter of Great Mogol.
5, II etseq.; amours of, 12, 13; re¬
ferred to, 21, 25, 57, 61.

------ influence of, over .Shah Jahan, 63;

confined in fortress of Agi a, 64.

------ presents Aurangzeb with precious

stones, 199.

------ builder of a Serai near Delhi, 280,

281.

Beig (Bci') of the Red Sea, I n.

Bember (Bhimbar), town of, 385 n;
description of, 390 and n; Bernier's
journey from, 405 seq.

Benares, schools of, 334, 335.

------• temple at, 341 n.

Bengal, fertility, wealth, and beauty of
kingdom of, 437 et seq. ; sugar pro¬
duced in, 437 ; fruit in, 438 ; fowls,
ib. ; Jesuits in, 4ji9 ; cotton and silks
of, ib., 440; saltpetre, 440; export
of ghee, ib.

------wines used in, 441; islands of, 442

Bernard, French phy-ician at Court of,
Jahangir. 274, 275.

Bernier (Franfois), birth of, xix;
baptism of, ib. ; European travels of,
ib. ; matriculates at Montpellier, xx ;
takes his degree, ib. ; tends Gasstndi
in his last illness, ib. ; visits Egypt,
and has the plague, ib. ; sails for
Surat, ib.; summary of Indian travels,
ib., and xxi.
 

Bernier, quits Grand Cairo, I ; de¬
tained at Gidda, ib. ; reaches Moka,
2 ; arrives at Surate (Surat), 3.

------ at Marseilles, xxi; receives licence

to print, ib. ; transfers rights in his
book to Claude Barbin, ib. ; visits
England, ib. ; death of, ib., and xxii;
legacies bequeathed by, xxii; dedica¬
tion of his book to King, xlv, xlvi ;
epistle to reader, xlvii; bibliography,
xxv seq,

------ account of army of Dara, 47, 48 ;

account of battle of Samiigarh by,
49-54; comments on, 55-

------remarks  on  capture of Agra by

Sultan Mahmoud, 62, 63 ; on conduct
of Sultan Mu'azzam, 85.

------• accompanies  Dara  in  his flight,

89, 90; detained by 'Koullys,' 91,
92.

------account   of   reception  of   Usbec

ambassadors by Aurangzeb, 116 seq.;
on habits of the Usbecs, 119-121 ;
bravery of Usbec women, 122-123;
receives ambassador from Abyssinia,
138; promised a zebra skin, 144; com¬
ments on the upbringing of princes,
144-146.

------ on philosophyof the Hindoos, 160.

------ account of kingdom of Kandahar,

183 seq. ; obtains copy of History
of Kashmir in Persian, 186.

------returns to France, 198 ; Letter to

Colbert, 200; account of M' got army,
209-220 ; in service of an Omrah, 213.

------ on  wealth and  incme of Great

Mogol, 221-223 ; on slavery and sub¬
jection of the peasantry of India, 225,
226, 230 ; on neglect of tillage, etc.,
226, 227 ; on enslaved condition of
Egypt, 227, 228.

------ on neglect of education and com¬
merce in India, 229, 230; on sale of
governments in India and Persia,
230-232 ; on degraded condition of
Turkey, 234; Let'cr to Monsieur de
la Mottle le Vayer, 239-299.

------ compares Deliii to a military en¬
campment, 246; on meat and bread
of Dehli, 250, 251 ; on living
in Dehli, 252 ; tastes wine at Amen-
Abad and Golkonda, 252; on price
of wine, 253 ; on native painters, 255.