[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) › 265.21.6 # Storia do Mogor 265.21.6 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 265.21.6 - **Language:** English ### [265.21.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.21.6) After the lapse of some years 'Ali Mardan Khan came from Persia, the man who surrendered Qandahar to Shahjahan. The above-mentioned Maria de Taides was given to him in marriage, and he was made viceroy of Kashmir. He started the building of a palace, and in digging the ground to put in the foundations they came across an ancient building, and in it found a large hall. In the midst was a skeleton lying at full length. The diggers, on seeing this object, were afraid and began to run. The foreman wanted to force them to enter and break it up. They refused, for they would not venture inside. To give them courage the foreman entered first. On his coming to the extended figure it rose up with effort and gave him a heavy blow, so that he fell on the ground as if dead, and the workmen fled. On hearing of this matter, 'Ali Mardan Khan ordered them to remove the foreman, to leave the dead man untouched, and build up the place as it had been before. They administered remedies to the man who had been struck and he recovered, but had his mouth awry for the rest of his life. What I have said was recounted to me by Maria de Taides when she had become a widow and lived in Lahor, during the years I dwelt there, and by her I was treated with much urbanity and confidence. - [Previous: 265.21.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.21.5) - [Next: 265.21.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.21.7) - [Up: 265.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.21) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.21.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.21.6) · Pramāṇa