Travels in the Mogul Empire, . e Ureal Mogul comprehendsseveral nations, over which he is not absolute master. Mostof them still retain their own peculiar chiefs or sovereigns,who obey the Mogul or pay him tribute only by compulsion,in many instances this tribute is of trifling amount;in others none is paid; and I shall adduce instances ofnations whieh, instead of paying, receive tribute. The petty sovereignties bordering the Persian frontiers,for example, seldom pay tribute either to the Mogol ar tothe King of Persia, Nor can the former be said to receiveanything considerable fro
Travels in the Mogul Empire, . e Ureal Mogul comprehendsseveral nations, over which he is not absolute master. Mostof them still retain their own peculiar chiefs or sovereigns,who obey the Mogul or pay him tribute only by compulsion,in many instances this tribute is of trifling amount;in others none is paid; and I shall adduce instances ofnations whieh, instead of paying, receive tribute. The petty sovereignties bordering the Persian frontiers,for example, seldom pay tribute either to the Mogol ar tothe King of Persia, Nor can the former be said to receiveanything considerable from the (?ialaitvlivx, Avgans, andother mountaineers, who indeed seem to feel nearly in-dependent of him, as was proved by their conduct when LETT Kit TO tlit MrtLf>! marched from .t/trlnm tho Indus to Kabonl; forthe purpose of besieging By stopping thesupply of water from the mountains, unci preventing itsdescent into the fields contiguous to the public road, theyCompletely iirrested the array on its march, until the. DW E WW dr.* iuT carry piw,I III ill* bflgiMt <lny K^a ilunu, All e (lidn^i ta know rhe UK © fu[. mountaineers received from the Sfogoi the presents whichthey had solicited in the Way of alms. Tin /«/««* also arc an intractable race. They areMahometans, win* formerly inhabited r< country in thevicinity of the Ganges, toward Beiigttie. Before the in-1 In 1651-53. CONCERNING HINBOUSTAN SO? vasion of India by the Mogols, the Patans had renderedthemselves formidable in several places. Their powerwas felt principally at Deb/i,1 mam- of the neighbouringUnjiix being their tributaries. Even the menials andcarriers of water belonging to that nation are high-spiritedand If it be not so, may I never ascend thethrone of Dehli, is the usual phraseology of a Patcm, whenwishing to enforce the Irttlh of any assertion, They holdthe Indians, both Gentiles and. Mogols, in the utmost con-tempt; and. recollecting the consideration
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