ABSTRACT
B u t I muft return to my journey. Owing to the very disturbed ftate of the country I could not go by Agra, Guzerat and Surat, which is not far from Goa ; so by Agra, Elahabis and Benares I returned to Pattni. Here I availed myself of the departure of the Dutch fleet to go by water to Sciandernagor [Chandernagor], and we sailed from Pattni on the twenty-firft of November, 1725. Travelling by land one passes Sagregali [Sakrigali] and Mahsud-iabad [Murshidabad], the latter a large populous city, with much trade, capital of the famous Kingdom of Bengali subject to the Emperor of Mogol. The Governor of the province is a renowned Ombri, called Giafer-Khan [Ja‘far Khan] who, born a Pagan, became so ftridt a Mohammedan that he is regarded as a Mafter and Direftor by that impious seft. Juft in all his dealings, and kindly, he is beloved, respefted and feared by natives and foreigners. Every year he sends more than seven millions of Spanish dollars as well as jewels, horses, hundreds of elephants and other presents to the Emperor and occasionally also to the minifters. It is said his private fortune amounts
to four hundred and fifty millions of Spanish dollars, or nine hundred millions of rupees (the money of Moghul). From this you may imagine what are the riches of the Emperor.12
