[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) › 354.8.6 # Storia do Mogor 354.8.6 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 354.8.6 - **Language:** English ### [354.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.8.6) Three years ago Aurangzeb sent a subordinate officer named Riza Khān, a Pathān by race, to take over charge of the government at Ramguir (Rāmgir) from Mamudu Kam (? Muhamdi Khān). The latter objected to his supersession by Riza Khān, and disobeyed the king's order. Thereupon the other man recruited some soldiers and seized Muhammad Khãn, and took possession of his property. Then, when once in possession of the government, he (Riza Khan) rebelled against Aurangzeb, and at the present moment, at the head of fifteen thousand horse and thirty thousand foot, he makes expeditions to sack and ravage the Mogul territories. He exacts from one district after another the tributes that they pay to the King. Thus last year he collected a large sum of money from the province of Gulkandah, and devastated it right up to the port of Machhlipatanam. In this way he goes on pillaging and making himself powerful, after the example of Shivã Ji. In the month of March in the above-named year of 1705 another army of Shivã Ji took the great fortress of Pelconda (Penukonda), the key of both the Karnãtiks, and formerly the capital of the Narsingh emperors \[167\]. Dã,ud Khãn was at the time with his army near the sea-coast, collecting money from the European nations. But, hearing the above news, he abandoned his claims, and withdrew his army to the territories of his government. He feared that Shivã Ji might obtain possession of one or other of his strong places. - [Previous: 354.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.8.5) - [Next: 354.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.8.7) - [Up: 354.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.8.6) · Pramāṇa