[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) › 3.13 # Storia do Mogor 3.13 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 3.13 - **Language:** English ### [3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.3.13) In 1715, ten years after his first edition had appeared, Catrou produced a continuation, what he called a Third Part, which deals with the long reign of Aurangzeb and ends with the death of Kam Bakhsh in January, 1709. In the quarto edition this Third Part of 1715 covers 207 pages, and is thus almost equal in size to the earlier publication (272 quarto pages). The narrative, much more valuable than most of the historical matter in the previous work, is almost entirely taken from the Second Part of Manucci's manuscript, and deals with events of which he was a contemporary, and often an eye-witness. But Catrou claimed to have received from India other memoirs, though he admits Manucci to be almost the only writer he has followed in writing the life of Aurangzeb (Preface of 1715, p. 3); and he goes on to say how a person newly arrived from India, to whom he read the manuscript, confirmed whatever it contained. To allay a suspicion that he had tampered with Manucci, he relies upon the manuscript, which he still possessed and could show to anyone expressing such doubts. But, as he goes on to say, he preferred a metaphorical style, like that of the Greek and Roman historians, to the simpler language adopted by Manucci. - [Previous: 3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.3.12) - [Next: 3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.3.14) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.3.13) · Pramāṇa