[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) › 263.2.3 # Storia do Mogor 263.2.3 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 263.2.3 - **Language:** English ### [263.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.263.2.3) When Mahabat Khan was governor of Gujarat, he kept many elephants. Among them were some very choice, large, and handsome. The driver in charge of the chief of these elephants (its name was Zalzalah—that is, 'Earthquake') bore a grudge against a greengrocer. To revenge himself, he went past the man's shop, and, halting the elephant, gave it a sign. It set to work with its trunk and scattered the whole of the goods in all directions—radishes, turnips, garlic, onions, lemons, and so forth. In the confusion, a bull belonging to the vegetable-seller, which had been tied up close by, broke its rope and pursued the elephant, prodding it between the legs from behind with its horns. The elephant, not accustomed to such unusual attentions, was terrorized, and without waiting for more, broke into flight, the bull after him. The driver, looking on it as a point of honour, made the elephant pull up and face the foe. Upon this, the bull also halted, and began to paw the ground with his fore-feet, raising a great dust, and bellowing at the same time. This caused the elephant to be still more frightened. It turned and fled; the bull, overtaking it, renewed the attack with its horns. In this way it pursued, until it had ejected the elephant from the city, to the great admiration of the people, who ran to see this singular sight. - [Previous: 263.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.263.2.2) - [Next: 263.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.263.2.4) - [Up: 263.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.263.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.263.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.263.2.3) · Pramāṇa