[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) › 47.2.1 # Storia do Mogor 47.2.1 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 47.2.1 - **Language:** English ### [47.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.47.2.1) I noted that the throne on which the king, Shahjahan, was seated stood in front of and near to the palace of the women, so that as soon as he came out of its door he reached the throne. It is like a table, adorned with all sorts of precious stones and flowers in enamel and gold. There are three cushions, a large one, five spans in diameter, and circular, which serves as a support to the back, and two other square ones, one on each side, also a most lovely mattress. For in Turkey, and throughout the whole of Hindustan, they do not sit upon chairs, but upon carpets or mattresses, with their legs crossed. Around the throne, at the distance of one pace, are railings of gold of the height of one cubit, within which no one enters except the king's sons. Before they enter they come and, facing the king, go through their obeisance, then enter the palace and come out by the same door from which the king issued. Arriving there, they again make obeisance, and upon a sign from the king they take their seat in the same enclosure, but at the foot of and on one side of the throne. Thereupon the pages appear with the umbrella, parasol, betel, spittoon, sword, and fly-brusher. Below the throne, several feet lower than it, a space is left, sufficient for the secretary (? wazir) and the greatest officials of the court. This space is surrounded by a silver railing. - [Previous: 47.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.47.1.7) - [Next: 47.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.47.2.2) - [Up: 47.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.47.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.47.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.47.2.1) · Pramāṇa