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1632] OF ABDULLA CKAUN GOVERNOUK THEREOF l6l
risen upp against him ['Abdu'llah Khan], and have putt
Bababeag [Baba Beg] to the worst, whoe was sent Fouzdare
[faujc/dr, military officer] to Callianpore [Kalyanpur], the
Raias [Raja's] residence1. This Bababeag was Customer
[revenue officer] att my comeinge, whoe advised mee to
looke to myselfe, for that his Master was a badd man and
cared for noebody, noe not for the King himselfe. Hee
['Abdu'llah Khan] hath imposed new Customes both In-
wards and outwards, that never were, Soe much, as poore
weomen that sell milke upp and downe streets hee makes
them pay custome for it. I was twice before him, but never
neerer then a Stones cast2. Some part of the reason was
because I brought him noe present. From the Broker that
sold our Quicksilver etts. hee extorted rupees 250, alleadg-
inge that hee had sold Jewells that I brought (which were
none att all), and that hee was not made acquainted with
it. Hee sleepes but litle, rises att Midnight, findes fault
with one, beats another3. The cheifest Merchants of the
Cittie resolve to leave the place untill hee bee removed
hence, fearinge howrely that hee will pick some quarrell
with them. In fine, hee plaies the Tirant4. One of his
daughters (att my being there) was burned to death, for
a Candle catchinge hold of her Clothes, they all suddenlie
tooke fire, being of most fine linnen, with much sweete
Oyle, Chua (a kind of perfume), etts., which soe scorched
1 Mundy has a further and more detailed account of this affair in
the next Relation.
- Here is noted in the margin—"His Pride." In the life of
'Abdu'llah Khan in the Madsiru I Uviard (J.A.S.B., 1912, pp. 97—
105), it is said that "no one was able to represent his case to him
personally; he had to speak to the diwdii and the bakhshi"
3 A marginal note adds—"His litle rest and lesse love hee hath
from all men."
4 'Abdu'llah Khan was Governor of Bihar (Patna) from 1632 till
1643, when he was transferred to Allahabad. He died in Dec. 1644.
" In spite of his cruelty and tyranny men believed that he could work
miracles and used to make offerings to him." Madsiru'/ Umard,
translated by Mr Beveridge {J.A.S.B., 1912, pp. 97—105).
M. 11.
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risen upp against him ['Abdu'llah Khan], and have putt
Bababeag [Baba Beg] to the worst, whoe was sent Fouzdare
[faujc/dr, military officer] to Callianpore [Kalyanpur], the
Raias [Raja's] residence1. This Bababeag was Customer
[revenue officer] att my comeinge, whoe advised mee to
looke to myselfe, for that his Master was a badd man and
cared for noebody, noe not for the King himselfe. Hee
['Abdu'llah Khan] hath imposed new Customes both In-
wards and outwards, that never were, Soe much, as poore
weomen that sell milke upp and downe streets hee makes
them pay custome for it. I was twice before him, but never
neerer then a Stones cast2. Some part of the reason was
because I brought him noe present. From the Broker that
sold our Quicksilver etts. hee extorted rupees 250, alleadg-
inge that hee had sold Jewells that I brought (which were
none att all), and that hee was not made acquainted with
it. Hee sleepes but litle, rises att Midnight, findes fault
with one, beats another3. The cheifest Merchants of the
Cittie resolve to leave the place untill hee bee removed
hence, fearinge howrely that hee will pick some quarrell
with them. In fine, hee plaies the Tirant4. One of his
daughters (att my being there) was burned to death, for
a Candle catchinge hold of her Clothes, they all suddenlie
tooke fire, being of most fine linnen, with much sweete
Oyle, Chua (a kind of perfume), etts., which soe scorched
1 Mundy has a further and more detailed account of this affair in
the next Relation.
- Here is noted in the margin—"His Pride." In the life of
'Abdu'llah Khan in the Madsiru I Uviard (J.A.S.B., 1912, pp. 97—
105), it is said that "no one was able to represent his case to him
personally; he had to speak to the diwdii and the bakhshi"
3 A marginal note adds—"His litle rest and lesse love hee hath
from all men."
4 'Abdu'llah Khan was Governor of Bihar (Patna) from 1632 till
1643, when he was transferred to Allahabad. He died in Dec. 1644.
" In spite of his cruelty and tyranny men believed that he could work
miracles and used to make offerings to him." Madsiru'/ Umard,
translated by Mr Beveridge {J.A.S.B., 1912, pp. 97—105).
M. 11.
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