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A Pepys of Mongul India (1653-1708)

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by Niccolao Manucci

Ramnagar, the Rajah of, Manucci sent as envoy to, 129, 130

  Ravi, the river, 78

  Raworth, Mr., English envoy sent to Da,ud Khan, 263, 264

  Ribeiro, Manoel, gives Manucci a horse at Parenda, 140

  Ribeyro, Augustinho, of Goa, 218

  Roach, Thomas, seizes Bello-mont's property, 38 ; his petition to Dara, 40 ; pardoned by Manucci, 44

  Roberts, Gabriel, Governor of Tevenapatam, Manucci visits, 266, 267

  Rodrigues, Bertolameo, of S. Thome, 217

  Rori, town of, 86

  Roshan Ara Begam and her retinue on the march to Kashmir, 107, 108 ; her travelling companion, 109

  Roth, Heinrich, Jesuit, begs Manucci to take two friars with him to Bengal, 112 ; reference, 117

  Roubal, Monsieur de, a French pirate, 268

  Rumi Khan, Turkish officer, and Manucci, 78, 79, 80, 81

  Rustam Khan, Dakhinl, advances with Dara's army, 61 gives prudent advice to Dara 62, 63 ; reinforces Dara, 64 killed, 66

  Rustam Rao, second in command of Gulkandah forces, 195 ; imprisoned for allowing Manucci to escape, 196

  Saa, Domingo de, assists Manucci to demonstrate European mode of fighting, 128, 129

  Sa'adatullah Khan, writes to Manucci, 256; his letter to Fr. Martin, 257

  Safar, Khwajah, Armenian of Agrah, story of his bankruptcy at Patnah, 115, 116

  Sakkar, town of, 86

  Salih, Mirza, son of Fida.e Khan, Manucci visits, 148 ; presents Manucci to Fida.e Khan, 149

  Salsette, taken possession of by Sambha Ji, 170, 174

  Salt River (Ryo Salgado), 26

  Sambha Ji, Manucci negotiates with, vi ; 166 ; lays plans to seize Goa, 167, 168 ; takes possession of Salsette and Bardes, 170 ; his designs on Goa, 172, 173 ; Manucci sent as envoy to, 171, 172 ; he sends an envoy in return, 172, 173 ; Manucci sent as envoy to, for the second time, 175 ; reference, 190

  Sampayo, Diogo de Mello de, refuses to pay his debt to Manucci, 163, 164

  Sanganes. See Sanjanls

  Sanjanis (West Coast pirates), 162

  San Marco, Library of, volume of portraits in, ix ; Manucci's MS. entered in catalogue, ix

  San Thome, Manucci at, 217, 218, 219, 220 ; Bishop Caspar Alfon9oat,229,23o, 231; Da,ud Khan. Panni, at, 246 ; Manucci sent to receive Da.ud Khan. Panni, at, 248; Da.ud Khan, Panni, returns to, 250 ; Da.ud Khan, Panni, at, 251, 252, 253, 254, 265 ; Fr. Martin sends Monsieur Desprez as envoy to Da,ud Khan, Panni, at, 255 ;

  Mulla Murad, Mahomedan Governor of, 276

  Santiago, fortress of, at Goa, 178

  Sant' lago, Manucci made a Knight of, vi, 184, 185, 186

  Santo Estevao.the island of, taken by Sambha JI, 175 ; Sambha JI, obliged to leave, 177

  Santo Pinto, Manoel de, Portuguese envoy to Shah 'Alam, 183, 184

  Saraes, account of, 34

  Saraiva, Manoel, sent as envoy to Sambha JI, 175

  Sati, at Rajmahal, story of, 123 ; a rescue from, nearAgrah, 124,125

  Sennento, Ignacio, at Bassain, warned by Manucci of trouble, 133 ; signs certificate testifying to Manucci's service to Portuguese, 133, 134; tardy payment of a debt to Manucci, 136

  Shafi' Khan, Governor of S. Thome, 219

  Shah 'Abbas. See 'Abbas II., Shah_of Persia

  Shah 'Alam, Manucci negotiates with, vi; Manucci appointed physician to, vi; Jai Singh joins, at Aurangabad, 129 ; Manucci enters service of, 165, 166 ; Manucci obtains leave of absence from, 166 ; approaches Goa, 175 ; takes several of Sambha JI's forts, 176 ; arrives at Goa, 177 ; sends envoy to Viceroy of Goa, 177, 178 ; visit from Manucci, 179, 180, 181, 182 ; grants Manucci leave of absence to visit Goa, 188 ; allows him to take a cargo of wheat with him, 189 ; Manucci escapes from, 191, 192 ; requests King of Gulkandah to send Manucci back to him, 194 ; complains to King of Gulkandah of his failure to arrest Manucci, 196 ; sends in search of Manucci, 197 ; Manucci attends the mother of, 199 ; quarrels with his son Sultan Mu'izz-ud-din, 200 ; play's a trick on Manucci, 201, 202 ; tries to persuade Manucci to change his religion, 204 ; and Bhao Singh, 205 ; his tests for Manucci, 206, 207 ; orders Ma-

  nucci to attend Muhammad Muqlm, 208 ; orders Manucci to attend the wife of Mubarix Khan, 209 ; orders Manucci to attend Fath-ullah-Khan, 210 ; annoyed to hear that Manucci has been sent for by Diler Khan, 212, 213 ; Manucci sent as envoy to, 222, 223, 224 ; and Manucci, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282 ; references, 141, 185

  Shahbaz, the eunuch, advises Murad Bajt^sh not to accompany Aurangzeb, 74

  Shahjahan, gives revenues of Surat to Begam Sahib, 31 ; at Dihll, 37 ; Manucci presented to, 42 ; his audience-hall, 42, 43 ; illness of, 51 ; and Dara 51, 52 ; writes to Dara, 58 ; message from Dara to, 69, 70 ; answer to Dara's message, 70 ; communications with Aurangzeb, 73 ; made prisoner by Aurangzeb, 73, 74 ; in prison, harsh treatment of, in, 112; in prison at Agrah, 124 ; and Qandahar, 159 ; references, 29, 56

  Shah Shuja', son of Shahjahan, prepares to seize the throne, 51 ; 66, 87, 104, 117, 119, 274

  Shaistah Khan, appointed Governor of Agrah, 74 ; references, 51, 249

  Sharif-ul-mulk, brother-in-law of King of Gulkandah, 193

  Sharzah Khan. 134

  Shekh Mir, leads a division of Aurangzeb's army, 64 ; reference, 104

  Shlraz, the bridge of, at Isfahan, 22 ; 23 ; Bellomont ill at, 24 ; description of, 24; Armenians at, 24 ; Bellomontleaves,25; and its mumiyai, 25

  Shiva JI, has many conversations with Manucci, 132 ; references, 129,130,138, 141

  Siam, King of, 267

  Sihrind, Manucci at, 97, 163 ; reference, 285

  Silva, Francisco da, chief surgeon at S. Thome, 221

  Sind, the river of, 84

  Sindl, Manucci and Bellomont at, 28 ; Dara at, 85

  309

  Sipihr Shukoh (son of Dara) goes

  to Dihli with Data, 71 Sironj, Manucci and Bellomont at,

  33, 34

  Smith, Reuben, seizes Bellomont's property, 38 ; shares spoil with T. Roach, 40 ; pardoned by Manucci, 44

  Smyrna, Manucci hides on board a vessel bound for, 1653, v; arrives with Lord Bellomont at, 2 ; English, French, Dutch» Italians, and Armenians at, 2 ; 9, ii, 12

  Souza, Joao de, Portuguese, helps Manucci to prescribe, 100

  Srlnagar, the Rajah of, helps Sulaiman Shukoh, 87 ; receives letter from Aurangzeb, 87 ; the mountains of, 85 ; reference, 98

  " Storia do Mogor," account of MSS. of the, viii, ix

  Sua, Joad da Costa de, of San Thome, 217

  Sulaiman Beg Mirza, brother-in-law of Shah 'Alam, 207, 208

  Sulaiman Khan. 240

  Sulaiman Shukoh, 53 ; 54, 55, 56; 58 ; 70 ; 74 ; 76 ; 85 ; and the Rajah of Srinagar, 87; in Srlnagar, 98

  Sundarbans, the, 118

  Surat, Manucci and Bellomont at, 29, 30, 31; Henry Young at, 29, 45, 46, 50 ; revenues of, given to Begam Sahib, 31 ; Manucci at, 16 3,166; fleet from, with supplies for Shah 'Alam, 176; Father Ivo, Capuchin, of, 287 ; references,27, 129,158,165,191,196, 225,252,271 ,

  Syrians, musical instruments employed by, 107

  Tabriz, Manucci and Bellomont at, 7, 8

  Taide, Ignacio de, embezzles Ma-nucci's ship and cargo, 163

  Taimur-i-lang, 53

  Tanjor, persecutions at, references, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 251 ; Manucci sends some of his servants to, 235

  Tavora, Francisco de, Count of Alvor, Viceroy of Goa, protects Manucci from jealous physicians, 221 ; engages in war

  against Sambha JI, 166 ; gives Prince Akbar permission to build a ship at Goa, 167 ; attacks Ponda, 168 ; retreats to Goa, 168 ; sends Manucci to negotiate with Sambha JI, 171 ; Manucci's report to, 173 ; receives Sambha Jfs envoy, 173 ; sends Manucci as envoy to the Mogul fleet, 174, 175 ; sends Manucci to speak with envoy of Shah 'Alam, 177 ; receives envoy of Shah 'Alam, 178 ; hears Manucci's report of his interview with Shah 'Alam, 182 ; offers Manucci Knighthood of Sant' lago, 184 ; his signature to the Patent of Knighthood, 185

  Tedesqui, Dom Joseph, Theatine, 222

  Tevenapatam, Manucci
visits G. Roberts, Governor of, 266, 267

  Texeira, Manoel, 231

  Thika, Arain, a corpulent Ma-hoiredan, story of, 153, 154, 155

  Tiepolo, Lorenzo and the MS. of Manucci's " Storia," ix

  Tirth, the stream called, at Allahabad, 113; course of, 113, 114

  Tokat, Manucci and Bellomont at, 3

  Tranquebar, the Danes at, asked by Da.ud Khan to help him against the English, 254

  Turkey, 2 ; travel in, 4, 5 ; water supply in, 8

  Turks, manners and customs of, 4, 5, 6 ; musical instruments employed by, 107

  Uchh, city of, 83

  Ujung Salang, land belonging to Siam, 267, 268

  Uzbak nobles from Balkh, manners and customs of, 100,101, 102

  Vehu. See Uchh

  Vejlore, Ghulam 'AH Khan, Governor of, invites Manucci to visit him, 259, 260 ; crocodiles at, 260, 261

  Velur. See Vellore

  Venice, Manucci runs away from, 1653, v, i ; 31 ; ancient chairs of, 108

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  Vieira, Father Damiao, with the army of Jai Singh, 132, 133 ; Father DamiaC, his enmity towards Manucci, 228, 229

  Vingorla, Akbar sends a ship to, 168 ; a watch set to prevent Akbar leaving, 169 ; Manucci sent to the Mogul fleet off, 174, 175; Akbar at, 175^ town of, captured by Shah 'Alam, 182 ; 187

  Wazir Khan, secretary of Shah-jahan, Manucci applies for help to, 40, 41 ; takes Manucci to the palace of Shahjahan, 41, 42 ; and Manucci, 44, 45, 46

  White Pagoda, or Pagoda of the Virgins, 187, 189

  Yale, Elihu. See Hayel, Alexandre Young, Henry, head of English factory at Isfahan, 21, 23 ; at Surat, 29, 45, 46, 50 ; supplies Bellomont with money and goods, 31 ; Manucci writes to, So

  Z t afarabad, a garden near Agrah, 73

  Zanetti, enters volume of portraits in catalogue of Library of San Marco, ix

  Zenon, Father, Capuchin missionary at Fort St. George, 197

  Zindah-rud, the river, 21

  Zulfah, 21

  Zu.lfiqar Khan, sends a present to Manucci, 266 ; references, 225, 247,249,257

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