[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) › 48.3 # Storia do Mogor 48.3 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 48.3 - **Language:** English ### [48.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.48.3) For these reasons we started the very same day, and repaired to the court of the above-named prince. As soon as he was informed of our arrival, he gave the order to allow us to enter. When I reached his presence, and had made the usual obeisances, he asked me if I could speak Persian, and put some other questions with a pleased and friendly expression on his face. He was delighted at seeing a youth of not more than eighteen years and a foreigner, with such quick-wittedness that he had learned to make the proper obeisance without any shyness. Then I answered the questions, showing myself acquainted with Turkey and Persia and other important matters. The whole of my replies were in Persian, by which I proved to the prince that I could speak sufficiently well the language about which he had asked me. - [Previous: 48.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.48.2) - [Next: 48.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.48.4) - [Up: 48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.48) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.48.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.48.3) · Pramāṇa