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

(Westminster, Eng. :  Constable,  1891.)

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242, 257-258 ; garden and square of,

243 ;   Bazar   held   in   square,  ib. ;

arcades  and  merchants'  houses  in,

245 ; thatched cottages in, 246; fires

frequent in, ib.
Delhi, dwellings of Omrahs in, 246,247;

construction of houses in, 247, 248 ;

shops of, 248, 249 ; fruit market of,

249 ;   confectioners' shops  in, 250 ;

bakers in, ib. ; flesh meat sold in, ib.,

251 ; fowls and fish in, 251, 252.
------price   of wine in, 253 ;   Seraglio

and royal apartment in, 256 and n ;

statues   of Rajas Jaimal   and   Patta

of Chittor in 256, 257 and n ; streets

in,   245,   246,   257,   258;  canal in,

257, 258.

-------place of audience in, 259,261, 263.

------ sacked  by   Nadir   Shah, 269 n ;

Throne of Great Mogol at, 268, 269;

Mosque, the Jama Masjid, 278 seq.;

Serai   of,   280,  281 ;   population   of,

281, 282.
------country around, extremely fertile

283 ; compared with Agra, 284, 285.
------bazar bread of,  354 and n, 387;

water of, 355 ; distance from Lahore,

358.

------province of, revenue of, 456.

Delate (Ddldl),   Gentile Broker,   188,

189 n.
Delil-kan [Diler Khdn), 35  n; plun¬
ders    Sulaiman   Shikoh's   baggage,

60.
Deora, Battle between Aurangzeb and

Dara at, 87, 88.
Deiita   (Deotah),   an  incarnate  deity,

causes eclipses, 303.
Deiitas,  sun,   moon   and   stars  called,

339, 340 ; nature of the, 344, 348.
Dgen (Arab.y^TOz), evil spirit, 217.
Dgugues (Yugas) of Hindoos, 343 and

n.
Diamond, Great, of Great Mogol iden¬
tical with the Koh-i-mir, 469 471.
Dianet-Kan    appointed    governor    of

Kashmir, 186.
Didar-Kan,   principal   eunuch   of   the

Seraglio, amours of, 131 ; murdered,

131-

Doctors of Goa, 338 n.

Douazdeh Hazary, lord of twelve thou¬
sand horse, 212.
 

Dou Hazary, lord of two thousand
horse, 212.

Dryden's Tragedy of Atireng-Zebe, 465-
469.

Diib grass (Cynodon Dactylon), 382
and n.

Dutch, teach Murad Bakhsh military
mining, 31.

------lay embargo on Golkonda mer¬
chant vessels, 195, 196.

------factories of, in Agra and Lucknow,

292 and n ; trade of, 293.

------Silk factory of, in Bengal, 440.

Earthquakes in Kashmir, 395 n.

Ebeche or Ethiopia, embassy from King
of, to Aurangzeb, 133 ; personnel of
embassy, 134 ; plundered, 137 ; re¬
ceived by Aurangzeb, 138, 139.

Eclipses witnessed by Bernier, 300;
caused by an incarnate deity, 303.

Egypt an enslaved country, 227, 228.

Eiedeha (Azhdaha), dragon insignia,
266.

Elabas (Ilahbas), Allahabad, victory of
Sulaiman Shilioh near, 36 and n.

------Mir-baba appointed governor of,

186.

------revenue of, 457.

El Bahrein, Persian Gulf, pearl fishery
at, 204, n.

Elephants, combats between, 276, 277,
278 and n.

Emasculation of eunuchs, 131, 132.

Embargo laid on Golkonda merchant
vessels by Dutch, 195, 196.

Embary (Amdri), Murad Bakhsh con¬
fined in an, 69 ; Sultan Muham¬
mad confined in an, 83.

Emir-Jemla (Mir jumla, Mir Muham¬
mad ^aid Ardastani), 16, et seq., 16
n ; betrays King of Golkonda to
Aurangzeb, 19, 20.

-------presents the Koh-i-Niir diamond

to Shah-Jahan, 22 and n ; pretended
imprisonment of, 29, 30.

------ joins   Aurangzeb   at   battle   of

Khajua, 75 ; war cry of, 76; sent
against Sultan Sujah, 79 ; goes into
winter quarters at Rajmahal, 81.

------defeats Sultan Sujah, 169; created

principal Amir, 171; confirmed in
Government of Bengal, ib. ; offered
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