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About The Book – Those are kings whom God appoints, but as they know not His secret purposes, men decline to acknowledge those who unjustly seize some kingdom. God alone raises men to the throne to be either a scourge or a solace to their subjects. Thus, although the holy men of Mecca declined to accept the gifts sent by Aurangzeb, because Shahjahan, his father, was still alive. I shall not, in this my book. Delay speaking of him as king until the death of Shahjahan, but from the commencement feel obliged to concede his being such, for as an undisputed monarch he ruled over Hindustan ; Finding himself now arrived at the goal of all his hopes, his father in prison, his brothers dead, Aurangzeb ordained a nine days` festival, during which he received congratulations and valuable gifts from the great men of the kingdom. He continued his accustomed sacrifice of pimento, which he began when prince in the Dakhin. This was conducted in the following way: Madras: what happened there while the Patriarch of Autioch was at Pondicherry, Dispute over the Confraternity of the Rosary, Returns to doings of Aurangzeb, Aggressive acts of new Portuguese Chief Captain at San Thome, Dispute between the Bishop and the French Capuchins as to the custody of Madras churches, Just and unjust judges, Story of the Sebastiani Chief Captain of San Thome, Aurangzeb and the Mahrattahs, Christian quarrels at Madras, Aurangzeb’s campaigns, Poll-tax on Hindus, Letter from Secretary to Venetian Senate, Tanjor Christians and the Jesuits, Kandy: intelligent conduct of an elephant, Amanat Khan, Note on B. Phoosen and the capture of the Goude Vogel Phenix, The Dutch Commissary’s boasting humbled, Marriage of F. Martin’s granddaughter, Portuguese misrule in San Thome, Arab Plundering near Daman, Armenians at Madras, Dispute at Madras about bequest of Friar Domingos, an Armenian Dominican, Death of Jani Begam, The French diamond merchant, Anecdote of Manucci’s youth at Dihli, Indians and spirit drinking, Jesuits’ plays acted in Pondicherry, The Dutch obtain of grant of Conimere, Jesuits: their spying and interfering ways. Mahrattahs near Surat, Surat: Mahomedan merchants complain against the Portuguese, Bengal: Monsieur Bouynot appointed to the prize ship, the Phenix, Present Kings, Aurangzeb’s plans, Surat, Dutch ships at, March, A’zam Shah rejoins Aurangzeb’s camp, Shah ‘Abbas, The Armenian Dominicans, Thomas and Minas, Da,ud Khan and is dogs, Persian physicians jealous of Europeans, Prince Akbar’s death, Qandahar and Gurgin Khan, Geogian, Aurangzeb unable to leave Dakhin, Manucci’s wife dies, Persecution of Capuchins.
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