[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) › 114 # Storia do Mogor 114: Chatganw is Taken. Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 114 - **Language:** English ### [114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.114) After the departure of the ambassadors, Aurangzeb received as a congratulation on his return to Dihli three hundred cartloads of silver and fifty of gold from Shaistah Khan. They were sent as the revenues of Bengal, collected by Mir Jumlah. Aurangzeb, as a recognition of good service, sent him (Shaistah Khan) an order to extirpate the pirates who plundered and disturbed the lands of Bengal. They were sheltered in Chatganw, a place granted them by the King of Arakan as a defence against the design, long entertained by the Mogul \[88\] kings, of conquering that kingdom. It was no slight matter they had before them in dealing with these Portuguese, men hard of heart, accustomed to kill even little children without a regret. They boasted among themselves of having reached the very acme of evil-doing. If anyone undertook to speak of these men, of their violence, and of their barbarous habits, he would find enough to fill several books. They were proud of their Christianity, but had of it no more than the name. Such was their cruelty that they did not even spare the priests who lived among them, and were little different from themselves. There were then alive some who had known a priest of some religious order who had acted as their leader. He went clothed in scarlet, and was called Frey Vicente, who, recommended by a letter from Shah Shuja', came to Bengal and died there of poison. It was granted to Shaistah Khan to put an end to these men. This came about through the help of Antonio de Rego, a resident of Hughli. This man had at Chatganw a brother named Sebastiao Gonsalves, who was the commander of these robbers. Shaistah Khan sent for Antonio de Rego, and held a long conversation with him. He requested him as a favour to help in the execution of the royal orders. He pledged his word that he and his brother should be well treated and receive high pay. Meanwhile he paid him twenty-five thousand rupees as a present, and fifty thousand rupees on account for his brother, on condition that Chatganw was delivered to him. The undertaking was made the easier by some of the Farangis having assassinated a great prince of Arakan, whereby the inhabitants feared the vengeance of that king and the destruction of Chatganw. Sebastiao Gonsalves wrote to his brother inviting the Mogul fleet to come as far as the island of Sundiva (Sandwipa). He would find some method of handing over Chatganw, but the fact must be kept secret. They must not delay. It was done accordingly ; and without any loss of life Chatganw fell into the hands of the Moguls. Shaistah Khan fulfilled his word, giving high pay to the principal men among the Farangis. Thus was Bengal delivered from these attacks. - [Previous: 113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.113) - [Next: 115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.115) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.114) · Pramāṇa