Travels in the Mogul Empire (Bernier) 2.1.4

2.1.4

This war, as I witnessed some of the most important of its events, I shall endeavour to describe. During a period of eight years I was closely attached to the court ; for the state of penury to which I had been reduced by various adventures with robbers, and by the heavy expenses incurred on a journey of nearly seven weeks, from Sourate to Agra and Dehly, the chief towns of the empire, had induced me to accept a salary from the Great Mogol, in the capacity of physician ; and soon afterwards, by chance, I procured another from Danechmend-Kan, the most learned man of Asia, formerly Bakchis, or Grand Master of the Horse, and one of the most powerful and distinguished Omrahs, or Lords of the Court. The eldest son of the Great Mogol was named Dara, or Darius: the second Sultan Sujah, or the Valiant Prince: the third was Aureng-Zebe, or the Throne's Ornament; and the name of the youngest was Morad-Bakche, or the Desire Accomplished. Of the two daughters, the elder was called Begum-Saheb, or the Chief Princess; and the younger Rauchenara-Begum, the Light of Princesses, or Princess of the Enlightened Mind.