[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) › 338.14.8 # Storia do Mogor 338.14.8 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 338.14.8 - **Language:** English ### [338.14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.338.14.8) The courteous reader will have seen in Part IV. (fol. 152) what happened at the port of Súrat, and how King Aurangzeb ordered his officials to return the property they had taken from the Europeans at that seaport. He conceded to them the privileges they had in the time of King Shāhjahān. But this order was a deception intended to make those men \[the Europeans\] collect more riches. A few months had passed since this first order, when the king issued instructions for the seizure of all Europeans and whatever Christians might be found in the town, together with a great number of rich Armenian merchants. He directed nineteen (19) millions of rupees to be requisitioned from them, in addition to what had been already taken, in compensation for the loss suffered by the Mahomedan merchants through what the pirates had carried off. They must also ratify the surety bond for the safety of ships leaving the port. At the present time they are in prison. They are under rigorous confinement, are deprived of enough to eat and drink, suffering both abuse and affronts. Four Capuchin fathers were also arrested, and were detained for a month in prison, enduring much; they were then released on the condition that they should appear when sent for. They found as their bail Monsieur de Pilavan (Pillavoine), the director, a Frenchman of that port, and himself a prisoner. - [Previous: 338.14.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.338.14.7) - [Next: 338.15.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.338.15.1) - [Up: 338.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.338.14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.338.14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.338.14.8) · Pramāṇa