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A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 eBook

Robert Kerr (writer)
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 844 pages of information about A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09.

15. Delli, or Delhi, its chief city being of the same name, lies between Jenba and Agra, the river Jemni, which runs through Agra and falls into the Ganges, begins in this province.  Delhi is a great and ancient city, the seat of the Mogul’s ancestors, and where most of them are interred.—­The Jumnah, or Jemni of Terry, rises far to the north of Delhi, in the high-peaked mountain of Cantal to the east of Cashmere.—­E.

16. Bando, its chief city so called, borders with Agra on the west.—­No such name is to be found in modern maps.—­E.

17. Malwa is a very fertile province, of which Rantipore is the chief city.—­In the other edition of this list in the Pilgrims, Ugen, Nar, and Sering, or Oojain, Indore, and Serong, are said to have been the capitals of Malwa.  The Rantipore of Terry may have been that now called Ramypoor.—­E.

18. Chitor, an ancient and great kingdom, its chief city being of the same name.—­Chitore is in the south of Ajmeer.  In the edition of this list given by Purchas at the end of the journal of Sir Thomas Roe, he gives the following account of Chitore:  “Chitore stands upon a mighty hill, and is walled round in a circuit of ten English miles.  There still remain at this place above an hundred temples, the palace of the ancient kings, and many brave pillars of carved stone.  There is but one ascent to the place, cut out of the solid rock, and passing through four magnificent gateways.  Within the walls are the ruins of 100,000 houses of stone, but it is now uninhabited.  This was doubtless one of the residences of Porus, and was won from the Ranna, his descendant, by Akbar shah, the father of the reigning Mogul.  The Ranna fled into the fastnesses of his mountains, and took up his residence at Odeypoor; but was at length induced, in 1614, to acknowledge the Mogul as his superior lord, by Sultan Churrum, third son of the present emperor Shah Jehanguire.  This kingdom lies N.W. from Candeish, N.E. from Guzerat, and in the way between Agra and Surat; the Ranna keeping among the hills to the west of Ahmedabad.—­“Purch.

19. Guzerat is a goodly and mighty kingdom, and exceedingly rich, which incloses the bay of Cambay.  The river Taptee waters the city of Surat, which trades to the Red Sea, to Acheen, and to divers other places.

20. Khamdesh, the chief city of which is Brampore, [Boorhanpoor, or Burhampore,] which is large and populous.  Adjoining to this province is a petty prince called Partap-shah, tributary to the Mogul; and this is the most southerly part of the Mogul dominions.

21. Berar, the chief city of which is called Shahpoor.  The southernmost part of this province likewise bounds the Mogul empire.—­The Shahpoor of Terry may possibly be Saipoor in the north of Berar.  In modern days, the chief cities of the great province or kingdom of Berar, now belonging to a Mahratta chief; are Nagpoor, Ruthunpoor, and Sonepoor.—­E.

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