[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) › 354.10.8 # Storia do Mogor 354.10.8 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 354.10.8 - **Language:** English ### [354.10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.10.8) Shãh 'Abbas was a man of fine appearance, prudent, and of the most excellent judgment, as is ordinarily the case with Persians. He sent an ambassador to the Grand Turk to secure some benefits. After this ambassador had been for some time at the court, the grand wazlr, during a visit, wishing to mock at him, said : ' Which is the better, to wear on your head a white turban, the sign of modesty and gravity, or, instead, one of cloth of gold, as is usual among the ladies of this court ?' The ambassador, aware they were trying to laugh at him, said on the instant that things were not as the wazlr said. He had seen many ladies of the court who, when they visited him, covered their lower parts with exquisitely fine white cloth, just as with their turbans the nobles of the court covered their heads. At such a ready and unexpected answer the wazir knew not what more to say. - [Previous: 354.10.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.10.7) - [Next: 354.11.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.11.1) - [Up: 354.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.10.8) · Pramāṇa