[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) › 281.8.4 # Storia do Mogor 281.8.4 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 281.8.4 - **Language:** English ### [281.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.281.8.4) Thus are they very powerful and extremely rich, through the extensive trade they carry on in all those countries, where they deal in every kind of merchandise and exchange. They govern everything by policy, having unbounded and unmeasured ambition ; they arrange for appointments in the ministry of justice and other offices of the kingdom (? Portugal). They set up and depose all sorts of people just as they please. Not only is this so in the case of the police, but also of the militia. In one word, they hold the government and the administration of all strong places and fortresses. To all this they devote very little attention. That assertion will be proved by what happened in March, 1700, at the fortress of Bandora in the island of Salsette, which is situated to the north. It had to surrender for want of powder and shot, a considerable number of Christians being taken and made slaves by the Arabs. These invaders held the island for thirteen days in their tyrannical grasp, causing great injury to and a heavy fall in the revenues of his Portuguese majesty. - [Previous: 281.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.281.8.3) - [Next: 281.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.281.8.5) - [Up: 281.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.281.8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.281.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.281.8.4) · Pramāṇa