[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) › 118.4 # Storia do Mogor 118.4 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 118.4 - **Language:** English ### [118.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.118.4) Many are the things which might be told about this embassy, but the story would be very long. It might even be that everybody might not credit it; for infinite were the jokes with which Shah 'Abbas repaid the hauteur of Aurangzeb in treating his ambassador badly. Among other pleasantries, one day when the ambassador was at the audience, the king ordered into his presence a lion secured by two chains of silver gilt. When the lion appeared, he took hold of it by the mane and stroked it, to show how brave he was. The lion, which was tame, let itself down gently on the floor, and made friendly gestures to the king. The ambassador was in a wonder, and Shah 'Abbas, as a joke against the reporters, said: 'Write this, too, to Aurangzeb.' Finally, having by this time prolonged sufficiently the misery of the ambassador, the king decided to send him off. But it was a sad business, this leave-taking. One day Shah 'Abbas held the ambassador in animated conversation till late in the evening, and it being then dark, asked if he had any coin of Hindustan, and any portrait of his king. The ambassador replied in the affirmative, and produced some coins of gold and of silver. On these was written: 'Secazad der jahan chum bader manir Xaa Orangzeb Alamguir' (Sikkah zad dar jahan chun badr-i-munir, Shah Aurangzeb-i-'Alamgir) That is 'Struck coin in the world like sun and moon, Aurangzeb, the conqueror of the world.' - [Previous: 118.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.118.3) - [Next: 118.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.118.5) - [Up: 118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.118) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.118.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.118.4) · Pramāṇa