Storia do Mogor 203.2.5

203.2.5

Although the women in the mahal treat themselves so sumptuously and display all the dignity that I have reported, Aurangzeb sees no harm. For all Mahomedans are very fond of women, who are their principal relaxation and almost their only pleasure. Further, it is an ancient custom of the Mogul kings to act in this way. As for the present king, he hardly conducts himself so pompously as his father, Shahjahan. His clothes are very plain, and he wears few ornaments — nothing but a small plume or aigrette in the middle of his turban and a large precious stone in front ; on his stomach another. He wears no strings of pearls, as all his descendants do, down to the fourth generation. His coats are always made of a very moderately-priced material, for each qabā (gown) does not exceed ten rupees in cost. All the stones he wears have special names, almost always taken from some planet, such as the sun, the moon, or that of a star, or other similar names, such as he judges appropriate. He finds it strange to call for them by their own name, which would be to ask for stones ; therefore when he wants to wear one he orders them to bring him the 'sun,' the 'moon,' et cetera.