[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) › 281.5.4 # Storia do Mogor 281.5.4 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 281.5.4 - **Language:** English ### [281.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.281.5.4) I must allude once more in passing to those wretched pretenders to holiness of whom I have talked so much ; and their history is somewhat diverting ; for usually they are to be seen chaplet in hand, as I have said, and their habit is to repeat loudly the word ' Alla y alla ' (Allah, ya Allah !)— that is, ' O God ! O God !' It is their custom to pray in public, but once they get home at night into their houses their tune changes. They take their station at their door, holding their beads in their hand, and await the arrival of some of their women devotees. As they tell their beads, they say : ' Let her be between twelve to fifteen years old.' After a time, if no one comes, they change the words and say : ' Between fifteen and twenty.' Another hour having elapsed without an arrival, they change again and say : ' Between twenty and thirty.' Finally, when they are tired out with telling their beads in this guise without catching anything, they make one last attempt by saying : ' Let who may come, even if she be an old woman.' They continue until midnight this odious and ridiculous orison. Then, abandoning all hope of having their desires gratified, they go off to bed, saying: 'Alas! To-day I must have been guilty of some heinous sin, since God has not been gracious to my prayers.' - [Previous: 281.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.281.5.3) - [Next: 281.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.281.5.5) - [Up: 281.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.281.5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.281.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.281.5.4) · Pramāṇa