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Great Mogul (ambiguous) ( - )

References in Documents:
MS Book of the Regius Professor of Medicine (MacGregor, ed.) 105 No Latin in original Of this we found this account, in the paper which contain'd it. In the years 1615 this wood was given to S.r Thomas Row by an Apothecary in ye great Mogul's Court for a rare thing & unknown who hath given it to me.
MS The Book of the Junior Proctor (MacGregor, ed.) 357 Entheca literaria ab magno Mogol. ad Carolum 1mum missa, serico auroque pereleganter implexa; varijs coloribus fulgens. rubro serico duplicata. Letter-case sent to Charles I by the Great Mogul, most elegantly decorated with silk and gold, gleaming with different colours, and lined with red silk.
Grew, Musaeum Regalis (1685)

A HALF-ROUPY of Silver. By the same Hand. These and divers other like Coins are currant all over the Dominions of the Great Mogul. I place them here, as not relating to Antiquity, but of present known use.

Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) other Patna-Ware, brought by Dr. Midgeley from the Great Mogul's Country, where it is said there is but Clay in one Place that can be wrought so fine; it is as thin as Glass, yet will endure the Fire
A Catalogue of the Naturall and Artificial Curiositys in my slender Musaeum at Leedes Ano. 1708 Roupys of Silver both the round & square moneys of the Great Mogull
Musaeum Tradescantianum (1656) Rich vest from the great Mogull.