[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) › 39.3.6 # Storia do Mogor 39.3.6 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 39.3.6 - **Language:** English ### [39.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.39.3.6) Shah 'Abbas replied : ' Can you tell me how it happened that his own subjects came to behead him, a thing I am unable to believe, seeing that it would be the greatest piece of disloyalty and audacity that could ever enter the heads of reasoning beings ? I trust you will tell me the truth without any concealment.' The gentleman said : ' I will tell your majesty the truth : it took place with great barbarity, in public, upon a staging, a great crowd being assembled to look on at this event ; among them I myself was quite close, and out of the deep affection which I had to my king, I have managed to preserve a handkerchief dipped in his blood.' Hearing these words, the king, Shah 'Abbas, placed both hands on his sides, and, changing colour, exclaimed in an angry voice : ' Oh, traitor ! you were in his service and his subject ; how could you be such a coward as to allow your king to be beheaded, being present yourself at this barbarous deed, without forthwith giving up your life for him ?' - [Previous: 39.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.39.3.5) - [Next: 39.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.39.3.7) - [Up: 39.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.39.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.39.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.39.3.6) · Pramāṇa