[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) › 65.1.8 # Storia do Mogor 65.1.8 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 65.1.8 - **Language:** English ### [65.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.1.8) These being the stronger gained the battle, and Aurangzeb was very nearly taken prisoner. Without fail would this have happened had not Mir Baba, his foster-brother, come speedily to his assistance. Still, although this prince (Aurangzeb) was held to be bold and valiant, he was capable of great dissimulation and hypocrisy; pretending to be an ascetic, he slept while in the field on a mat of straw that he had himself woven. He stitched caps with his own hands and sent them out for sale, saying that he lived upon what he made by them. He ate food that cost little, such as radishes, lentils, barley, and such-like vegetables and cereals ; he gave alms publicly, and also let it be known that he underwent severe penances and fasting ; he allowed himself to be found in prayer or reading the Quran ; went out frequently with his chaplet in his hand ; and on all occasions called on the name of God as if he made no account of the things of this world. All the same, under cover of these pretences, he led in secret a jolly life of it, and his intercourse was with certain holy men \[124\] addicted to sorcery, who instructed him how to dissimulate and to bring over to his side as many friends as he could with witchcraft and soft speeches. - [Previous: 65.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.1.7) - [Next: 65.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.2.1) - [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.65.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.1.8) · Pramāṇa