[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) › 292.1.2 # Storia do Mogor 292.1.2 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 292.1.2 - **Language:** English ### [292.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.292.1.2) My answer was \[89\] that when other governors had come to occupy the position he held, it was the custom to visit them at this very place where he now was. I could not run the risk of going any farther, on account of the great forests there were, filled with robbers, where I might possibly receive some injury and lose much of what I was bringing. The Portuguese could run a greater risk, for they brought nothing with them, and came only to demand favours. He seemed satisfied with these reasons and others that I gave him on the subject, and after much discourse on divers matters, I laid before him a letter, and said to him that I had a present to offer on behalf of the governor and of the company; and I prayed most humbly that he would deign to accept it. His reply was that I need then only retire for repose to a tent which he had had erected for me close to his mansion. He would send word to me of the hour at which I could appear, as is the custom among the Mahomedans. Thereupon I took my leave of the general and retired to the tent, and it was impossible for me to get away from it to pay my respects to the first minister, Mahamad Sayd (Muhammad Sa'id, the diwan), and all the other officers. For I expected from one moment to another to be called, nor did I wish to allow any opening for the complaint that I was not found in my lodgings. - [Previous: 292.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.292.1.1) - [Next: 292.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.292.1.3) - [Up: 292.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.292.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.292.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.292.1.2) · Pramāṇa