[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) › 199.3 # Storia do Mogor 199.3 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 199.3 - **Language:** English ### [199.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.199.3) Thus do matters go on in the Mogul kingdom ; sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons are making preparations for the terrible wars which must ensue upon the death of the old king. For there are many aspirants to dominion, it being among them a saying that in such a case a father should not trust a son, nor a son his father. The thing most to be wondered at in my History is the wisdom of Aurangzeb, who, in spite of being an old man of eighty-four years, knows how to regulate affairs with such skill that he maintains himself as king against the will of so many claimants ; and at this great age he still mounts on horseback \[255\]. - [Previous: 199.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.199.2) - [Next: 199.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.199.4) - [Up: 199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.199) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.199.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.199.3) · Pramāṇa