[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) › 65.1.3 # Storia do Mogor 65.1.3 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 65.1.3 - **Language:** English ### [65.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.1.3) The water in the river had fallen, and the boats lay stranded, a thing that had never happened before or since. I have no desire to record in this place the arrogance displayed by these same Portuguese, of whom I will write somewhat elsewhere (III., 192). Qasim Khan carried off the prisoners to court, and God willed that before they arrived there the queen, Taj Mahal should die. Shahjahan gave orders for the construction of her mausoleum opposite the royal palace at Agrah with great expenditure. It is in two stories, in the lower being deposited the body of his beloved wife. No one may see this sepulchre, for it is in the charge of women and eunuchs. There cannot be the least doubt that if the Portuguese had reached the court in the lifetime of Taj Mahal she would have ordered the whole of them to be cut into pieces after great tortures, for thus had she sworn when they did her the injury. All the same they did not escape a sufficient amount of suffering; some abjured their faith, either from fear of torture and of death or through the desire of recovering their wives, who had been distributed by Shahjahan among his officers. Others, the most beautiful among them, were kept for the royal palace. Of some of these I shall have something to say further on (II., 24). - [Previous: 65.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.1.2) - [Next: 65.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.1.4) - [Up: 65.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.1.3) · Pramāṇa