[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) › 145.3 # Storia do Mogor 145.3 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 145.3 - **Language:** English ### [145.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.145.3) A curious thing happened to Aurangzeb. Going through the street which goes straight from the mosque to the fort, he passed close to a shop where a faqir was seated who had formerly been a disciple of the same teacher, Mulla Salih. On seeing the king pass, the faqir discharged at him a potful of human excrement, which defiled his throne and his body. At the same time the faqir uttered a cry. Let not the reader be amazed at such boldness, for it is quite impossible to set forth completely the irreverence of these faqirs, of whom I have already spoken in my First Part (I. 93). They act thus in full confidence that no one will dare to ill-treat them ; above all, Aurangzeb could not do so, professing himself to be a faqir. The king sat quite still, only ordering them to arrest the faqir, and afterwards he sent for the man to his presence. The king asked him why he had so affronted him, and the faqir replied that he did it because he, being now a king, had forgotten his co-disciples, and himself fared most sumptuously, while those poor wretches suffered in poverty. Aurangzeb answered that there was no room for him to complain, it being God's decree that one should be exalted and another left in want; and the very same God, if he chose, could reverse the positions. Thus the faqir was sent about his business and received nothing. - [Previous: 145.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.145.2) - [Next: 145.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.145.4) - [Up: 145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.145) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.145.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.145.3) · Pramāṇa