[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) › 334.13 # Storia do Mogor 334.13 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 334.13 - **Language:** English ### [334.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.334.13) According to the custom of the country there come at times strange men who, as a sacrifice for their sins, throw themselves into this ditch. The Mahomedans often sacrifice buffaloes, cows, goats, et cetera, and all this forms the food of the crocodiles. Da,ud Khan, when he mastered this fortress, had all the thieves caught in the army thrown to these crocodiles. This he did by way of a thanksgiving sacrifice for the reduction of a place of such fame. This is what they ordinarily do to secure good success in their designs. In the year 1703 it happened that a Mogul ship coming from Mecca, full of pious Muslims returning home after a pilgrimage to the tomb of their false prophet, was taken by pirates off the port of Surat. In it there was more than a million of rupees' worth of patacas and sequins in addition to the merchandise. On seeing this vessel the pirates boarded it in silence, sword in hand. But they did not succeed in surprising it as they had hoped, for some Pures came forward to resist along with some Persians, Pathans, and Arabs armed with scimitars. The pirates lost more than twenty men, and thus the captain of the corsair was forced into a prompt recourse to firearms. By these he made himself master of the ship, carried off the richest of the passengers, and released the rest. - [Previous: 334.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.334.12) - [Next: 334.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.334.14) - [Up: 334](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.334) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.334.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.334.13) · Pramāṇa