[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) › 238.6.5 # Storia do Mogor 238.6.5 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 238.6.5 - **Language:** English ### [238.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.238.6.5) Throughout the kingdom there are many of these thieves, and in the army they find stealing very easy, carrying off horses and camels. For this reason many soldiers place iron chains on these animals' feet, fastened by padlocks to make them secure. Along with the armies there march privileged and recognised thieves, called Bederia (Bidari); these are the first to invade the enemy's territory, where they plunder everything they find. The handsomest items are reserved for the general; the rest they sell on their own account. Prince Shah 'Alam, when he was within the territories of Shiva Ji, near Goa, had in his army seven thousand such, whose orders were to ravage the lands of Bardes because of my non-return, as I have stated in my Second Part (II. 220). In the bazars and booths of these Bidaris is found every kind of food-supply—vegetables, fruits, and other products, all purloined from the enemy's territory. - [Previous: 238.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.238.6.4) - [Next: 238.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.238.6.6) - [Up: 238.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.238.6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.238.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.238.6.5) · Pramāṇa