[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Mughals (1526–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal) › [Later Mughals (1707–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later) › [Muntakhab al-lubāb](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab) › [Muntakhabu-l Lubab, of Khafi Khan (Elliot & Dowson, extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot) › 96.6 # Muntakhab al-lubab 96.6 Muntakhabu-l Lubáb, of Kháfí Khán (Elliot & Dowson, extracts) 96.6 - **Language:** English ### [96.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.96.6) Knowing that God and the Prophet of God would protect me, I answered, "Although you do not acknowledge that shameful action, worthy of the reprobation of all sensible men, which was perpetrated by your wicked men, this question you have put to me is as if a wise man should ask where the sun is when all the world is filled with its rays." He replied, "Those who have an ill-feeling against me cast upon me the blame for the fault of others. How do you know that this deed was the work of my men? by what satisfactory proof will you establish this?" I replied, "In that ship I had a number of wealthy acquaintances, and two or three poor ones, destitute of all worldly wealth. I heard from them that when the ship was plundered, and they were taken prisoners, some men, in the dress and with the looks of Englishmen, and on whose hands and bodies there were marks, wounds, and scars, said in their own language, 'We got these scars at the time of the siege of Sidi Yakut, but to-day the scars have been removed from our hearts.' A person who was with them knew Hindi and Persian, and he translated their words to my friends." - [Previous: 96.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.96.5) - [Next: 96.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.96.7) - [Up: 96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.96) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.96.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.96.6) · Pramāṇa