[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) › 281.3.5 # Storia do Mogor 281.3.5 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 281.3.5 - **Language:** English ### [281.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.281.3.5) Some years ago there arrived in the Mogul country two Arabs from Mecca, who were differently dressed from Indians. After these men had suffered many privations from inability to get employment in the king's service, they thought of a stratagem which had excellent results. They set to work to study the character of Aurangzeb, and, having done so, they resorted to the mosque one day when the king would appear there. When the king arrived, they began, as agreed on between them, to stand up and make signs to each other, expressing extreme astonishment, throwing their glances at the king's person, and making it seem that their wonder was growing greater and greater at each step of his approach to them. The king saw all these grimaces, and asked them what was the cause of their astonishment. 'Your majesty,' they replied, 'it is not without good cause! For only a few months ago we had the felicity of seeing your majesty, clad as a faqir, enter into and issue from the dome at Mecca, where our most Holy Prophet is entombed; and here, to-day, we find you again surrounded by all this state and dignity.' The king, in reply to this speech, said with an air of gravity that entry into the house in question was free only to God's faithful servitors, and that the great could not draw near to it in any other garb. - [Previous: 281.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.281.3.4) - [Next: 281.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.281.3.6) - [Up: 281.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.281.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.281.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.281.3.5) · Pramāṇa