[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) › 210.3.2 # Storia do Mogor 210.3.2 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 210.3.2 - **Language:** English ### [210.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.210.3.2) In these days many similar disputes occur, owing to the want of order in the government, and everybody's only thought is to steal. But whatever happens, it rarely reaches the king's ears, for he being old — some eighty-five years of age — and also taken up with this war against the Shiva Ji (the Mahrattahs), his empire, too, being of such a vast extent, he is unable to put a stop to all this injustice and misrule, which his ministers carry on with impunity. They tell him what they please, and having their friends and agents at court, they cause presents to be made to this man and that, by which means they obtain what they want, joined with impunity for everything. There are even some officers who, being far away from headquarters, do not obey the orders coming to them from the king; and when they are \[30\] commanded to relieve any place or assist any person, they invent excuses on the ground that they have not the requisite funds. Thereupon the king makes payment to them of some money out of his treasury, to be deducted thereafter from their pay. But in the interval it often happens that the enemy invade the country and carry off all they can find. These officers think only of their own interests, and they occasion great loss to private individuals recommended to them. This I have seen happen many times, and here is an instance which is quite recent. - [Previous: 210.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.210.3.1) - [Next: 210.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.210.3.3) - [Up: 210.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.210.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.210.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.210.3.2) · Pramāṇa