Storia do Mogor 116.5

116.5

Two things happened to me during this march. The first was that, being dressed in the costume of the country, I fastened my gown or cabaya (qaba) on the right side, as is the fashion of Mahomedans. The Hindus fasten theirs on the left. I also went with my beard shaved, wearing only moustaches like the Rajputs, but without pearls hanging from my ears as they have. The Rajput officers wondered at this get-up, neither Rajput nor Mahomedan. They asked me what religion I belonged to; I replied that I was of the Christian religion. Once more they asked me whether I was a Mahomedan Christian or a Hindu Christian. For they recognise no other religions than these in Hindustan. I seized the opportunity to tell them a little about our faith. The other matter was that one day Rajah Jai Singh asked me whether in Europe there were armies, wars, and squadrons. I replied to him that the bravery with which the Farangis fought, of which I was an example, sufficed to show him that we in Europe knew what war and fighting meant. We were accustomed to fight in two ways, one by sea, the other by land. That upon the sea took place thus: