[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) › 15.1.4 # Storia do Mogor 15.1.4 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 15.1.4 - **Language:** English ### [15.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.15.1.4) Merely because they reveal undignified or discreditable actions, I do not hold that his stories should be rejected, while I think they are always true to the spirit of the time and country, and therefore antecedently probable. Governor Pitt's remark that the work was a 'history of Tom Thumb' is absurd, and the less worthy of respect that he had not seen any part of what he was condemning. One of the principal objects I have had in writing the notes which I have added to the text has been to show that, with rare exceptions, Manucci's statements, where they can be verified, are historically accurate, and a fair inference is that, where there is no such corroboration, he may equally be accepted as trustworthy. In my opinion Manucci has not copied from others, with the partial exception of F. Bernier. Evidently he possessed Bernier's book, and I think that where the two deal with the same events, Manucci took the order of his subjects from Bernier. Even then the topics are used chiefly as suggesting to him his own reminiscences. Another fact which distinguishes Manucci from Bernier is that in the contest for the crown they were on opposite sides, Manucci with Dara and Bernier with Aurangzeb; and we thus obtain the story of the defeated faction, which is frequently suppressed by the victor's eulogists. - [Previous: 15.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.15.1.3) - [Next: 15.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.15.1.5) - [Up: 15.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.15.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.15.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.15.1.4) · Pramāṇa