[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) › 213.10 # Storia do Mogor 213.10 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 213.10 - **Language:** English ### [213.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.213.10) As a proof of the absolute justice of the decisions that the qazi delivers, I will report a case which happened a month or so after the flight of his daughter from her home, carrying off all the best of his property, in the manner that I have related (II. 144). This qazi had a son, or, rather, a nephew, whom he greatly loved. This youth often heard cases and pronounced sentence in his uncle's place. The nephew, having learnt that a Hindu had a very lovely wife, caused her to be carried off, and detained her in his house. On learning this fact, the husband complained to the qazi and other officials, but without effect. All the qazi said was that he deserved death for having behaved to his wife in an illicit way, only to think of which was horrible. Although angered at such injustice; the Hindu concealed his vexation for some days. But one day, while the nephew was on his way to the court, the Hindu hid in the crowd surrounding his palanquin, and thrust his dagger (kattari) into his abdomen. Leaving it there, he instantly mingled again with the crowd and disappeared. When the bearers had lowered the palanquin, they opened it and found their master a corpse. There is still another subaltern official that they call the kotwal, who is a sort of lieutenant of police. It is his business to stop the distillation of arrack (spirits, 'arq), the eau-de-vie used in the Indies. He has to see that there are no public women in the town, nor anything else forbidden by the king. - [Previous: 213.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.213.9) - [Next: 213.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.213.11) - [Up: 213](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.213) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.213.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.213.10) · Pramāṇa