[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) › 142 # Storia do Mogor 142: Islam Khan comes from Basrah. Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 142 - **Language:** English ### [142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.142) Before I continue with the events that I encountered in the exercise of medicine, it is necessary to state what happened in the kingdom, so as to preserve the order of time, which I profess to follow as much as I can, that the reader may know the dates at which the matters noticed took place. In this year of one thousand six hundred and seventy-three came from Basrah an Arabian prince called Islam Khan with six hundred Arabians, some of whom rode fine horses. The said prince had fled because the Grand Seignor had sent orders for his beheadal, I know not for what cause. When he arrived, he possessed considerable wealth in pearls, and he was received by Aurangzeb in a friendly way. Desirous of turning him into a defender of the kingdom, Aurangzeb wished to give the daughter of Murad Bakhsh to his son in marriage. But Islam Khan was not attracted by such an alliance. After this refusal Aurangzeb, who knew how to dissimulate \[144\], fixed high pay for him and his son, but at the same time planned treachery against him. He sent him to take part in the war against Bijapur, and privately enjoined Bahadur Khan, under whom the prince was to serve, that during a battle he should be abandoned and left with none but his own small force. Thus did Sharzah Khan and his troops destroy him and his men. For never did Aurangzeb pardon anyone who had declined to do his will. - [Previous: 141.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.141.11) - [Next: 143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.143) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.142) · Pramāṇa