[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) › 281.1.3 # Storia do Mogor 281.1.3 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 281.1.3 - **Language:** English ### [281.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.281.1.3) Shiva Ji, the powerful rajah or Hindu king, of whom I have spoken in the previous parts, is the first to present himself for continuing the current of my story. At the beginning of the present year (? 1701) the general Zu,lfiqar Khan besieged the fortress of Parlanaguer \[Parnala-garh\], a strong place formerly belonging to the kingdom of Bijapur, but now held by Shiva Ji. The Mahomedan general was at the head of an army of fifty thousand foot and thirty thousand cavalry. In the month of February of the same year (1701) this rajah collected his troops and came against his enemy, advancing even to his entrenchments. The fight was bloody, and in the end victory declared itself for Shiva Ji. He defeated Zu,lfiqar Khan's army, and forced that general to retire in disorder from his position before the fortress. All the Mahomedan artillery and baggage fell into the victor's hands, who pursued with all imaginable energy, seizing all the fugitives, and, to sum up, sparing no one who bore arms. As for the others, he was cruel enough to order their right hands and their noses to be cut off; of the latter class there were so many, that they are still to be seen in all the directions to which they have dispersed. Nevertheless, he did not stop short at this one attack, for, finding himself victorious, he has never ceased to disturb the royal army, making new assaults on it from one day to another, engaging it at different points, and stopping the delivery of supplies. - [Previous: 281.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.281.1.2) - [Next: 281.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.281.1.4) - [Up: 281.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.281.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.281.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.281.1.3) · Pramāṇa