The Virginia Gazette

Paris, August 10 O. S. The last Ships belonging to our East-India Company have brought Letters from Surat, which confirm, that Thamas Kouli-Kan, after he had taken Candahar, march'd his Army into the Caboulistan, and took Caboul, the first Town belonging to the Great Mogul; and they add this remarkable Particular, viz. That before he made himself Master of the Place, 5000 married Women and Maidens kill'd themselves in Despair, for fear of being ravish'd by the Persian Soldiers. Tis also said in these Letters, that Kouli Kan was making great Marches towards Delhi, the Residence of the Great Mogul; that all the Mogul's Court was under an inexpressible Consternation; that they knew not how they should be able to resist that Conqueror, especially in the present melancholy State of Affairs in Mogul; that the Omrahs or Grandees of his Kingdom were divided, that they had rendered themselves in a Manner independent: and that having by that Means so many opposite Interests, a speedy Revolution was expected; which seems to be more certain, because Kouli-Kan has nothing to fear from the Great Mogul, who is a Prince educated in the Asiatic Effeminacy, and by Consequence incapable of animating his Subjects to stand their Ground.