[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) › 154 # Storia do Mogor 154: Mahabat Khan calls Me in. Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 154 - **Language:** English ### [154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.154) Knowing that Mahabat Khan was on his way, and being on very friendly terms, I sent out to him a present of some good spirits that I had prepared myself. His doctor, who had the order to give him the poison, seized the opportunity for my ruin and his own preservation. On the day that the Nawab drank my wine, he gave him the poison in an elixir such as the Mahomedans are accustomed to take to reinforce their sexual powers. Mahabat Khan found himself troubled with sharp pains, and suspected that there must be poison in my spirits, and that I had acted thus at the instigation of Fida,e Khan, his enemy. He sent to fetch me in the greatest haste, just as I was ready to go out for a stroll. At once I suspected something. I jumped on my horse and went off to him, he being eighteen leagues away. Entering the tent, I found everyone in astonishment, for they had the idea that I would never come, being, as they asserted, the culprit. He ordered a tent to be prepared for me and a good supper, sending to entertain me several of his nephews, great friends of mine; also a captain called Mirak 'Ata-ullah. This man was to spy upon me, and see if I spoke with any sign of fear or surprise. But as I was quite innocent, I spoke in my usual manner. Next morning I went to see Mahabat Khan again, and I asked him if he had tasted the spirits that I had sent, and he said he had. Thereupon I prayed the favour of his giving me a drink of it. They brought me the bottle from which he had drunk. I drank, and after I had done so I gave some to his nephews, who praised the liquor. I did this to let him be satisfied that it was not my liquor that had made him bad, but some other thing. I remained with him in talk a long time, and he observed that the spirits did neither me nor his nephews any harm. He then invited me to treat him. I made excuse, saying that he was provided with his own doctor, a very wise man, and that I was not acquainted with that disease. Thus I remained with him nineteen days, and he detained me to find out if the spirits we drank did any harm \[160\] either to me or to his nephews. He was obliged to let me go without being able to find out from me whether he had poison in his inside or not. At my departure he conferred on me a set of robes, and sent the same captain with twenty horsemen to escort me, so that his men, who thought me the cause of his illness, should not harm me. He died a few days afterwards of fetid discharges, a sign that his bowels were ulcerated. - [Previous: 153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.153) - [Next: 155.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.155.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.154) · Pramāṇa