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A Geographical Account of Countries round the Bay of Bengal, 1669 to 1679, by Thomas Bowrey
Lt. Col. Sir Richard Carnac Temple, Lt. Col. Sir Richard Carnac Temple
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The original volume was first published in 1905. The writer who was a sailor, but who has hidden his identity under initials, writes full accounts of the subject of the East Coast of India, with photographs of original drawings.
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INDEX.
Aazzum Caun, Auzum Cawne. See A’zīm Khān
Abassee, Abassin. See Coins
Abdoul-Coutu-Sha. See Abdullah Qutb Shāh
Abdula Hossein. See Abu’l Hassan Shāh
Abdullah Qutb Shāh, rise of, 109 n. 1; 6th king of Qutb Shāhī line, 113 n. 1; his tomb, 113; date of his death, 113, 113 n. 2
Abu’l Hassan Shāh, king of Golconda, 88 n. 2; farmān granted by to the English, 93 n. 1
Acham. See Assam
Achār, pickle, 193, 193 n. 1; bamboo, 192 n. 4, 193; mangoe, 193 n. 1; radish, 193 n. 1; lime, 193 n. 1
Achee, Acheen, Achein, Achim. See Achin
Achin, xvi, xxii, xxxvi, xxxvii, xxxix, xl, 1, 72 n. 2, 82 n. 1, 97 n. 3, 237 n. 2, 260, 261 n. 3, 262, 268, 270; port of, xxii, xxxviii, xxxix, xl, 286, 286 n. 3, 287, 289 n. 1, 300 n. 4, 301, 320; Jordan goes on a trading voyage to, 178 n. 1; weight of bahar of, 241 n. 4; trade of, 245 n. 2, 283, 286, 286 n. 1, 289 n. 1; bamboo measure at, 249 n. 1; number of foreigners at, 256 n. 1, 286 n. 1; Chulias at, 258; riches of, 261; royal palace at, 275 n. 1, 286 n. 2, 313, 314. 322, 322 n. 1; fruit and vegetables plentiful at, 279 n. 3, 322, 323, 324 n. 3; weights and measures of, 281, 281 n. 5, 282; coins of, 281 n. 5; T. B.’s description of, 285–326; capital of Sumatra, 285; situation of, 285, 286; Schouten’s description of, 285 n. 3; dependencies of, 285 n. 3, 286 n. 3, 295, 295 n. 4; river of, 286; buildings at, 285 n. 3, 286 n. 2, 321, 321 n. 1, 322, 322 n. 4; T. B. resides at, 287 n. 1; malefactors at, whither banished, 287, 287 n. 5; malefactors at, how punished, 287 n. 5; 315, 315 n. 2, 317, 317 n. 2; imports of, 288–292, 293 n. 1; most populous city in Malay Archipelago, 293; produces few commodities, 293 n. 1; Dampier’s description of, 293 n. 2, 321 n. 1; Mundy’s description of, 294 n. 2; prosperity of, 294; soil and climate of, 286, 293, 294, 294 n. 1; gold at, 294, 294 n. 2; belief in a perpetual female dynasty at, 295 n. 6; people of, 293, 294 n. 3; government of, 295, 295 n. 6, 299 n. 5; chief ministers at, 299; ministers at, presents given to, 302, 303; customs paid by English vessels at, 303, 304, 304 n. 1; privileges to English at, 304 n. 4; English merchants at, ceremony on departure of, 307, 308; Shabandar of, 307, 307 n. 4; history of English factory at, 308, 317, 318, 318 n. 3, 319, 320; English trade at, 308 n. 2, 320; sports at, 310; fortifications of, 312, 312 n. 2; disaffected inhabitants at, 312, 313, 313 n. 1; troubles in, at death ...