[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) › 338.22.6 # Storia do Mogor 338.22.6 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 338.22.6 - **Language:** English ### [338.22.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.338.22.6) The King of Gulkandah, Shãh 'Abdullah Qutb Shãh \[1611-72\] several times \[221\] made war against this monarch \[i.e., of Maisúr\], hoping to obtain his treasures and territory. But he had no success, the said prince defending himself valiantly ; and the punishment he inflicted on his adversaries was to release them after cutting off their noses. They say that the inhabitants of this country (Maisúr) are so active that when horsemen are passing through their forests, they come out rapidly, and, placing their hands on the horse's quarters, spring up behind, and cut off the rider's nose with a sort of half-moon in iron that they carry. By this feat so much fear was established in the (Mogul) army that no one was so bold as to advance until the musketeers had fired. No one can enter or leave the Maisur ruler's territories without a passport. The officials in charge of the diamond mines reported to his majesty (Aurangzeb) that they had obtained there a large diamond weighing two ounces and two-eighths. He ordered it to be sent to the Presence; but it never reached him, the Mahrattahs having carried it off while it was on its way. - [Previous: 338.22.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.338.22.5) - [Next: 338.22.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.338.22.7) - [Up: 338.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.338.22) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.338.22.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.338.22.6) · Pramāṇa