[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) › 126 # Storia do Mogor 126: Begam Sahib gives Wine to the Wives of the Learned Doctors. Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 126 - **Language:** English ### [126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.126) It was in this year that the learned, or Mullas, of the faith, seeing the king freed of troubles, obtained from him the issue of laws for women — that is to say, that they must not wear tight trousers like those of men, but wide ones. They said this was advisable to distinguish them from men, but their meaning was very different. They also wanted him to make a rule against women drinking, or eating bhang, nutmeg, opium, or other drugs. The women had paid no heed to the orders he had given at the beginning of his reign, saying those orders did not apply to them, but to men only. When Padshah Begam, otherwise Begam Sahib, learnt of this new rule, she invited the wives of the qazi and the other learned men to her mansion, and gave them wine until they were drunk. Aurangzeb came to her palace and referred to the restrictions under which he had placed women. He made excuses, saying that he was under an obligation to make the law obeyed. She had never \[114\] heard, she said, that those things were entered in the book of the Law. But Aurangzeb told her that such was the opinion of all the learned. Thereupon Padshah Begam invited the king within the pardah, where he saw the wives of the said learned men all lying drunk and in disorder, and also wearing tight trousers on their legs ! Upon this Padshah Begam said to him that if such things were part of the Faith, the learned should not allow their wives and daughters to go about clothed in that fashion, nor should they permit them to drink intoxicating drugs. Instead of issuing laws for others, they required to regulate their own households. Thus was appeased the storm that had been raised against women. - [Previous: 125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.125) - [Next: 127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.127) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.126) · Pramāṇa