[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) › 4.2.2 # Travels in the Mogul Empire (Bernier) 4.2.2 Travels in the Mogul Empire (Constable) 4.2.2 - **Language:** English ### [4.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.4.2.2) The Patans also are an intractable race. They are Mahometans, who formerly inhabited a country in the vicinity of the Ganges, toward Bengale. Before the invasion of India by the Mogols, the Patans had rendered themselves formidable in several places. Their power was felt principally at Dehli, many of the neighbouring Rajas being their tributaries. Even the menials and carriers of water belonging to that nation are high-spirited and warlike. 'If it be not so, may I never ascend the throne of Dehli' is the usual phraseology of a Patan, when wishing to enforce the truth of any assertion. They hold the Indians, both Gentiles and Mogols, in the utmost contempt; and, recollecting the consideration in which they were formerly held in India, they mortally hate the Mogols, by whom their fathers were dispossessed of great principalities, and driven to the mountains far from Dehli and Agra. In these mountains some Patans established themselves as petty sovereigns or Rajas; but without any great power. - [Previous: 4.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.4.2.1) - [Next: 4.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.4.2.3) - [Up: 4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.4.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.4.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.4.2.2) · Pramāṇa