[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) › [Storia do Mogor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci) › [Storia do Mogor (Irvine)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine) › 100.5 # Storia do Mogor 100.5 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 100.5 - **Language:** English ### [100.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.100.5) In this city is made much cloth worked in gold and silver, which is distributed hence all over the Mogul realm, and is exported to many parts of the world. It is the fashion in Hindustan to use \[60\] this proverb: 'Toracana Banarismo Rana' \[Thord khana, Bandras men rahnd\]—that is, 'Little to eat, but live in Banaras,' suggesting that Benares is a nice place, with a good climate, productive land, and cheap food. Here I crossed the great river, showing the Allahabad passport, as is usual; and by land I arrived in four days at Patnah, a very large city with bazars, the greater part thatched, inhabited by many merchants. For here is prepared much white cloth of fine quality. In this city were two factories, one of the English, and the other of the Dutch, seeing that here, besides cloth of cotton, much fine silk cloth is woven and a huge quantity of saltpetre produced, which goes to be stored in Bengal, and is there loaded on ships for various parts of Europe. Bottles are also made, and cups of clay, finer than glass, lighter than paper, and highly scented; and these, as curiosities, are carried all over the world. When I was at Patnah I saw an Armenian friend of mine called Coja Safar (Khwajah Safar) of Agrah. He had a letter entitling him to receive from a sarraf (money-changer) twenty-five thousand rupees. On his arrival he learnt that the sarraf had become bankrupt. The Armenian dissimulated. - [Previous: 100.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.100.4) - [Next: 100.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.100.6) - [Up: 100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.100) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.100.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.100.5) · Pramāṇa