[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) › 111.9 # Storia do Mogor 111.9 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 111.9 - **Language:** English ### [111.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.111.9) It was thoroughly understood that this money was not meant to reach Ethiopia, but was to be expended in the purchase of merchandise, as was really done. They bought different cloth-pieces and woollens for export to Ethiopia, some lengths of cotton decorated in gold and silver, also some pieces of silk ornamented with flowers, stuffs very rare in their country. He also gave them a considerable sum to be spent on the mosque, which money was also expended on goods; and he added a Quran and other books, those most esteemed among Mahomedans. Thus did the feigned ambassadors succeed in their enterprise. They came to the Mogul country poor and despoiled, and now turned their faces towards Ethiopia with considerable wealth; mocking at two powerful kings—at one because they sacrificed his honour through the petitions they laid before the Mogul; at the other, because with lies and impostures they extracted from him a large amount of cash. - [Previous: 111.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.111.8) - [Next: 112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.112) - [Up: 111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.111) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.111.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.111.9) · Pramāṇa