[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) › 281.6.5 # Storia do Mogor 281.6.5 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 281.6.5 - **Language:** English ### [281.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.281.6.5) The reader must not be surprised. Devoting themselves to death is common enough among the women of this empire, for I have several times seen a house in a town in flames while the poor women, who might have easily saved their lives, choose rather to be burnt than merely to expose themselves to the view of strangers. Having performed this dastardly piece of treason, the general wrote to the king that he had caused the Hindu prince Achepnar to be beheaded for rebellion, and the additional crime of being in correspondence with Shiva Ji ( = Ram Raja, Mahrattah). The king approved all his acts, and \[16\] the general proceeded to appropriate the dead man's goods. At the present moment this man (Zu,lfiqar Khan) is the greatest captain in the Mogul service ; the king thinks very highly of him, and has conferred on him the title of the 'Valiant.' The captain, 'Ali Mardan Khan, was subjected to an almost exactly similar piece of treachery. He commanded some troops under the same general, and made a parade of his high valour and great loyalty to the king's service. But the two men could not agree. The general, who hated him, resolved to ruin him, and to secure this he warmly commended him to an officer of Shiva Ji called Santangape (Santa Ape), earnestly entreating him to give the man a thorough good beating the first chance he had. Santa Ji executed this commission without fail a few days afterwards. He inflicted a defeat on 'Ali Mardan Khan, and killed one thousand of his men. - [Previous: 281.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.281.6.4) - [Next: 281.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.281.6.6) - [Up: 281.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.281.6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.281.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.281.6.5) · Pramāṇa