Storia do Mogor 223: Tatthah.

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The province of Tatthah abounds in very fine white cloth, also in coarse cloth and printed cloth of two kinds, and has much leather, which is exported to Arabia and Persia. The country produces much grain, and butter is very plentiful, which is exported to Masqat. A garrison of five thousand horse is maintained, and the capital town is situated at twenty-five degrees thirty minutes of latitude, and one hundred and nine degrees forty minutes of longitude. When I first reached Hindustan I found many persons still living who had been alive in the time of Akbar; among others one of the sons of the King of Tatthah, who became a great friend of mine. The poor man was blind, Akbar having deprived him of sight with a red-hot iron. This was for fear that he might flee, and once more make himself master of his father's realm; for at that time, as a young man, he seemed of a very enterprising and restless disposition.