Bernier, François, Travels in the Mogul Empire A.D. 1656-1668

(Westminster, Eng. :  Constable,  1891.)

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Chias (Shiahs), Mogul courtiers of the
sect of, 209, 211.

China, Tartar conquest of, 121 n.

China and Matchine (Tchine et Mat-
chine, 156 n

China-wO' d (China-root), 425 n.

China, first settlement of Jews in 429
«.

Chittor, captured by Akbar, 257 «.

Christianity, favoured by Akbar and
Jahangir, 287 and n.

Christians in India, irreverent behaviour
in churches of, 292.

Chronology among the Hindoos, 343.

Churches, at Agra and Lahore, des¬
troyed by .Shah Jahan, 177, 287.

Civet, horn filled with, sent to Aurang¬
zeb, 135, 137, 144

Colbert,  note on  Bernier's   letter to,

473 ■««?•
Comory (Kumdri, Comorin), Cape, 23

n.
Comori (Comorin), Cape, 192 n.
Compass, mariner's, used (or purposes

of divination in China, 244 n.
Constantinople, beauty of view of, 286.
Cotoiial     (Grand     Provost),     guards

mounted by, 369.
Cours (Kurs) or Standards carried on

march, 371 and n.
Cow held in great   respect   in   India,

326.
Cranes, manner of hunting, 377.
Currents  of   the   sea   in   the  Indies,

regularity of, 434 seq.

Dabir (Dabtr-ul-Mulk), court official,

20 K.
Dacca, capital of Bengal, 171, 181, and

n.
D'Acosta,    Joseph,   Superior   of   the

Jesuits in Agra, 288 n.
Damascus    Cutlasses,     presented     to

Aurangzeb, 148.
'D3.n€chm^nc{-K^n(DanishmandKhdn)-^

Persian merchant, 4 n, loo.

------ appointed governor of Delhi, 186.

—-  studies of, 353.

—— endeavours  to  convert   Bernier,

414
Daoud-Kan,   commander  in   army  of

Sulaiman Shikoh, 59 and n.
Ddra   (Ddrd   Shikoh),   son  of   Great
 

Mogol, 5 n, 6, 7 ; suspects Aurangzeb
10; appointed governor of Caboul
and Moultan, 15; reigns with his
father, 15 n, 21, 25.

Dara, concerned in death of Sadullah-
Khan, 23, 24.

------assembles two armies against his

brothers, 34 ; numbers of, 43 ; dis¬
suaded from attacking Aurangzeb,
44 ; reasons for attacking, 45 ; takes
the field against Aurangzeb, 46, 47 ;
bravery of, at Samugarh, 49, 50.

------ defeated, 54 and n; marriage and

family of, 57 n, 103 n ; departs with
family for Dehli, 57, 58.

—— advances on Lahore, 70 ; seeks
refuge in fortress of Tata-bakar, 71,
73 ; European gunners in army of,
73 ; admitted into city of Ahmada¬
bad, 74.

------ quits   Guzarate   with   army,   85 ;

advances on city of Ajmere, 86 ;
defeated at battle of Deora, 88 ; re¬
treats to Ahmadabad, 89; retreats
again to Tata-bakar, 91 ; made
prisoner by Malik Jiwan, 96, 97;
delivered to Aurangzeb, 97.

------• conducted   in   disgrace   through

streets of Delhi, 98, 99 ; confined in
garden of Heider-Abad, 100 ; mur¬
dered by a slave, loi, 102 ; head
carried to Aurangzeb, 102, 103.

------ Mulla  Shah,   spiritual guide  of,

154 n.

------■ Upanishads translated into Per¬
sian Ijy authority of, 323 n, 324.

------■ Heresy of, 345 n.

------• referred to,   26,   27,   28,  33,  34,

35. 36. 37, 41, 42, 64, 65.

Daulet-Abad (Dmdfitdbdd), Fort of, 19
n ; Aurangzeb to reside at, 24.

Days (Dhye), curdled milk, 354 and n.

Decankou, war-cry of Mir Jumla, 76.

Deccan, proverbial saying anent the,
197 and n.

Dedication to King of France, xlv,
xlvi.

Deh Hazary, lord of ten thousand
horse, 212.

Delhi (Dehli), Danechmend-Kan, ap¬
pointed governor of, 186.

------• account   of   city of,   241   et seq.

Fortifications   of,   242;   citadel   of,
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