[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) › 354.7.7 # Storia do Mogor 354.7.7 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 354.7.7 - **Language:** English ### [354.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.7.7) His Majesty's retreat towards Aurangãbãd was against his will, his desire being to make war against the prince of Maisur; but he had to postpone that campaign in order to attend to the above rising. The king was greatly exercised in mind by these uprisings, the more so when he recollected that his undertakings had not been very successful, and the common people had begun to speak disparagingly of his continual and fruitless marches. He issued a proclamation \[160\] that, if anyone spoke abusively about the royal marchings, his tongue would be pulled out the next morning early. After such a proclamation the royal army marched without giving any sign of life and without sound of instruments, wishing to convey thereby that they would have to return a second time. Marches in this style continued for fifteen days. It happened on the second day of this journey that the Mahrattahs reached the rear of the advance tent, in which the king took a rest, and killed one thousand Mughals, burnt the tent, and carried off the officer, whom they blinded, to prison in a fortress. For his ransom they demanded five lakhs of rupees. The Mahrattahs had many openings for attacking the king himself, but declined to avail themselves of them, owing to the profit they find in his continuing to live. Being king of the Mogul country, there come to him various subsidies in treasure and merchandise, by capturing which the Mahrattahs benefit. - [Previous: 354.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.7.6) - [Next: 354.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.7.8) - [Up: 354.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.7.7) · Pramāṇa