Storia do Mogor 349.3

349.3

At this time the English merchant, who had fallen ill, died, leaving behind him two English colleagues who were ignorant of the language and laws of the Persians. Being intimidated, they gave up to the governor's servants Gregory's two Moslem fellow-servants, who had joined him in assaulting the shopkeeper. These two were taken to the governor and put in prison, but Gregory was kept back. The crowd were not satisfied, but went with the governor to the viceroy, to whom they complained clamorously, shouting: 'Have pity upon your people, Lord, and help us, for an infidel has violently beaten and wounded our fellow-believer, and dragged him with great insult and reviling to the house of his English master, and, not satisfied with this alone, has even reviled our law and faith.' In proof of this they produced the Fatwa of the Shaikh al-Islām and showed it to him, and again raising their voices, they shouted: 'Avenge our insulted Law, which is despised and contemned and brought low level with the dust. For an infidel has openly and freely reviled our Creed and our Prophet.' They kept repeating their shouting in these same words publicly, so that everyone could hear, and the viceroy was compelled to listen to their complaint, and promised to try the case the next day.