[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) › 294.1.7 # Storia do Mogor 294.1.7 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 294.1.7 - **Language:** English ### [294.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.294.1.7) To speak the truth, he was not far wrong in what he said, for nothing is more disastrous to the general of an army among the Mahomedans than to appear before a fortress for a siege and yet draw no profit therefrom. Still more is this the case when the siege has been actually begun and persevered in for some time. For it does not matter specially whether they succeed in taking the place or not; on the contrary, they do all they can to prolong a siege as much as possible. Provided it suits their own interests, they trouble themselves little about those of the king or the honour of his arms. Thus what would be held in Europe as cowardice and open treason counts among them, if not for an act of high policy and the conduct of an able man, at any rate for a venial fault, and a proof that a man is acute enough to work things to his own advantage. The amount asked by the general, to start with, was exorbitant, coming to nothing under five lakhs of rupees, which amounts to about two hundred and fifty thousand crowns (écus). The English rejected this proposal, as one may suppose, with a great deal of heat, and showed its injustice in emphatic terms. In the end, after other negotiations and much going back and fore between the two sides, it was agreed that they should pay twenty-five thousand rupees. - [Previous: 294.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.294.1.6) - [Next: 294.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.294.1.8) - [Up: 294.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.294.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.294.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.294.1.7) · Pramāṇa