[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) › 5.9.5 # Travels in the Mogul Empire (Bernier) 5.9.5 Travels in the Mogul Empire (Constable) 5.9.5 - **Language:** English ### [5.9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.9.5) They also maintain that when on his death-bed he expressed a wish to die a Christian, and sent for those holy men, but that the message was never delivered. Many, however, deny this to have been the case, and affirm that Jehan-Guyre died, as he had lived, destitute of all religion, and that he nourished to the last a scheme which he had formed, after the example of his father Ekbar, of declaring himself a prophet, and the founder of a new religion. I am informed by a Mahometan, whose father belonged to Jehan-Guyre's household, that in one of that King's drunken frolics he sent for some of the most learned Mullahs, and for a Florentine priest, whom he named Father Atech, in allusion to his fiery temper; and that the latter having, by his command, delivered an harangue in which he exposed the falsehoods of the Mahometan imposture, and defended the truths of his own persuasion, Jehan-Guyre said that it was high time something should be done to decide the controversy between the Jesuits and Mullahs. 'Let a pit be dug,' he added, 'and a fire kindled. Father Atech, with the Gospel under his arm, and a Mullah, with the Koran, shall throw themselves into it, and I will embrace the religion of him whom the flames shall not consume.' Father Atech declared his willingness to undergo the ordeal, but the Mullahs manifested the utmost dread, and the King felt too much compassion both for the one and the other to persevere in the experiment. - [Previous: 5.9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.9.4) - [Next: 5.9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.9.6) - [Up: 5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.9.5) · Pramāṇa