[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) › 205 # Storia do Mogor 205: Names of the Principal Horses ridden by the King. Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 205 - **Language:** English ### [205](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.205) Bad Raftar Bad-raftar Agile as the Wind Cosh Raftar Khosh-raftar Good Mover Chaa Passand Shah-pasand Approved by the King Dil Roba Dil-ruba Heartily Loved Surrot Siret Surat-sirat Art and Judgment Coch Andam Khush-andam Fine Posture Coe Telia Koh-i-tila Gold Mountain Coe Necro Koh-i-nuqrah Silver Mountain Zemidoz Zamin-doz Field-flyer Cochad Raftar Kushadah-raftar Wide-stepper Radar Rahdar Speedy Forga Farjah Expert Goer Serbeland Sar-buland High Head Torai Garden Tura-i-gardan Arched Neck \[tura trumpet\] Ans 'Ans Eagle Manec Manik Jewel Lai Bebaha Lal-be-baha Priceless Amadavat Ira jot Hira-jot Diamond Lustre Polvari Phulwari The Flowering Caldar Kaldar Marked Ablac Ablaq Piebald Zuderas Zud-ras Quick-goer Bedel Be-dil Despairing Delavar Dil-awar Animated Chinasor Sinah-zor Strong-chested Char Raftar Shah-raftar Royal Stepping Baz Baz Falcon Ain Hiran (?) Gazelle Be-aram Be-aram Restless Aram Aram Repose Ab Ravan Ab-i-rawan Flowing Water Tes Ro Tez-rau Fast Mover Chaman Samand The Sea Sanjab Sanjab Ash-coloured All these horses that I have named are ridden by the king. The names he gives them refer either to their action, their size, or their colour ; they are Arabs, Persians, or the finest horses from Turkey. The rest he names according to the results of trying them. They are marked thus on the near quarter. They are provided with good grooms, are well looked after, and well trained; thus nothing is wanting to these animals, either in the way of food or sumptuous equipment. As their morning feed they get bread mixed with butter and sugar, and in the evening cooked rice, and cow's milk, in which there are pepper-corns, cumin-seed, anise-seed, and betel. All these are given to reduce any flatulence in their insides. Two hours before the king mounts his horse the chief groom mounts it without his shoes on (a mark of respect), and rides it up and then down, so as to make it more willing and free its stomach. When the king does go riding it is not from necessity, but choice. For this reason he changes his position frequently—one hour on the throne \[the takht-i-rawan, a sort of sedan-chair\], another on an elephant. The horses the king rides are trained to stand fire and anything else likely to frighten them. By a custom which has lasted at this court since Taimur-i-lang, who began it, four horses, ready saddled for any emergency, are kept near the door of the Ghusl-khanah, the place where audience is given and justice dispensed. When the king wishes to gratify any of his children, he makes him a present of one of his favourite horses, along with twenty or fifty others of the ordinary sort, about which I will discourse more amply hereafter (III. 27). The names of the chief elephants on which the king rides, and the way they are kept, are as follows: Orang gas Aurang-gaj Throne-elephant, the Captain of all the Elephants Calec Dad Khaliq-dad Creator-given Memun Mabarecq Maimun-mubarak Highly Sedate Codad Dad Khuda-dad God-given Surou Ziret Sarv-sairat Pretty Artist Rael Cusha Rel-kasha The Worker Dil passand Dil-pasand Heart's Friend Buch Bahadur Bakht-Bahadur (?) Valiant with the Cut Ear Hiec Danta Yak-danta One-tusked Cabra Kabra \[Hindi\] Enamelled Head \[or Speckled\] Madan Mast Mudam-mast Ever-bold Sada Mast Sada-mast Always Drunk - [Previous: 204](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.204) - [Next: 206.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.206.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.205](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.205) · Pramāṇa