[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) › 48.4 # Storia do Mogor 48.4 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 48.4 - **Language:** English ### [48.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.48.4) At the conclusion of the above talk he directed that the ambassador's letter be given to me. It had already been opened; and I was directed to translate it into Persian. The letter was in Latin, written in letters of gold, and it differed but little from the letter presented to the King of Persia. Being thus already acquainted with the business, I had little difficulty in translating it. Next the prince asked what the letter was written on, for it seemed to him like a skin, and not paper. I answered that it was of vellum skin, and it was the usage for European kings, when forwarding letters to far-off kingdoms, to have the more important matters written on vellum skin, in order that they might be better protected against the inclemencies of the weather and of the journey than they would be if they were on paper. At the end of this conversation Dara asked me if I wished to remain for a time in the Mogul country, to which I replied affirmatively. He said to me, with a smile on his face: 'Would you like to enter my service?' As this was the very question, and none other, that I was hoping for, I replied that I should have put to very good use the wearinesses and fatigues of my journey if I had the good fortune to serve under so famous a prince. - [Previous: 48.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.48.3) - [Next: 48.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.48.5) - [Up: 48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.48) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.48.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.48.4) · Pramāṇa