[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) › [Histoire de la dernière révolution des États du Grand Mogol](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier) › [Travels in the Mogul Empire (Constable)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable) › 3.5.1 # Travels in the Mogul Empire (Bernier) 3.5.1 Travels in the Mogul Empire (Constable) 3.5.1 - **Language:** English ### [3.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.5.1) I had, in the next place, ascertained that my friend, as well as his Mahometan companion, had solemnly promised Aureng-Zebe to urge his King to permit the repair of a mosque in Ethiopia, which had been in ruins since the time of the Portuguese. The Mogol gave the ambassadors two thousand roupies in anticipation of this service. The mosque, erected as the mausoleum of a certain Cheik, or derviche, who left Meca for the purpose of propagating Mahometanism in Ethiopia, and had made great progress there, was demolished by the Portuguese, when they entered the country with troops from Goa, as allies of the lawful sovereign, who had embraced Christianity, and been driven from the throne by a Mahometan prince. My third objection to Murat's conduct arose from the part he took in entreating Aureng-Zebe, in the name of the Ethiopian King, to send the latter an Alcoran and eight other books, with the names of which I am familiar, and which are of the first repute among the treatises written in defence of the Mahometan creed. - [Previous: 3.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.4.9) - [Next: 3.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.5.2) - [Up: 3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.5.1) · Pramāṇa