[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Les six voyages de Jean-Baptiste Tavernier](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier) › [Travels in India (Ball)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball) › 19.4 # Travels in India (Tavernier) 19.4 Travels in India (Ball) 19.4 - **Language:** English ### [19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.19.4) There is a large square on the side of the town in front of the palace, and the first gate, which has nothing magnificent about it, is guarded by some soldiers. Before the King had given up his residence at Agra for that at Jahanabad, whenever he went to the country on a visit he entrusted the custody of the palace, where his treasure was, to one of the principal and most trustworthy of his Omrahs, who, until the return of the King, never moved, neither day nor night, from this gate where his lodging was. It was during such an absence that I was permitted to see the palace at Agra. The King having left for Jahanabad, where all the court followed, and even the women too, the government of the palace was conferred on a noble who was a great friend of the Dutch, and, in general, of all the Franks. M. Velant, chief of the Dutch factory at Agra, as soon as the King had left, went to salute this noble and to make him a present, according to the custom. - [Previous: 19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.19.3) - [Next: 19.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.19.5) - [Up: 19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.19.4) · Pramāṇa