[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) › 22 # Storia do Mogor 22: NOTICE TO THE READER Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 22 - **Language:** English ### [22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.22) As I know that other persons have written their travels, with descriptions of the countries they have passed through, and of the kingdoms where they remained for a time, these descriptions dealing often with the Mogul Empire, I long judged it a vain labour to make public any account of my journey from Venice through Asia, and of my sojourn in the land of the Mogul, where I have passed the better part of my life ; but I could not resist the importunities of my friends, who have a great belief in my knowledge of that country, and a conviction that certain persons have written falsehoods in their books (as I myself have observed in several places). Therefore, although already old, I have resolved, with the encouragement of those who know me and who have written to me, to give the reader true information as to what passed there in my time and before it, emphasizing several particulars which could not have come to the knowledge of others. I shall tell of all that happened to me and of all that I saw, without exaggerating any one thing, for that is abhorrent to me. I shall speak of the kingdom of the Great Mogul, of its politics, and of the conquests made by this eleventh King called Aurangzeb (that is to say, ' Ornament of the Throne '), and of all the kings, his predecessors, whose portraits, with those of the other great lords of this country, I now present to the interested reader, begging him before he leaves Europe for India to read this book, and not to allow himself to be deceived by any less truthful accounts, or by any vain imaginations which may have taken shape in his mind, for I have seen many who bewailed that they had left Europe and come to India, when they found themselves suffering in a strange land ; and besides this, all the world cannot meet with such good fortune as that with which it has pleased God to favour me. I warn the reader that, in speaking of certain towns of Turkey and Persia, I speak of them as I saw them and not as they are now. I shall divide my account into three parts, and I shall divide the first into two books. In the first book I shall give an account of what happened to me from the time I left Venice to my arrival at Dihli; in the second a short account of the Mogul Kings until the accession of Aurangzeb to the throne, with the death of his brothers. In Part II. I shall describe the conquests made by Aurangzeb, his wars and their success. In Part III. I shall say something as to the politics of the Mogul \[f. 2\] Empire, something of the greatness of the rajahs and other potentates of Hindustan, and of the revenues of that country. I shall speak of several other special matters, and lastly, I shall say a few words as to the religion of the Hindus. - [Previous: 21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.21) - [Next: 23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.22) · Pramāṇa