[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) › 65.12.5 # Storia do Mogor 65.12.5 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 65.12.5 - **Language:** English ### [65.12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.12.5) Not content with pretending to be a faqir, Aurangzeb went further, and acted the mola (mulla, man learned in theology), catechizing this one and the other. When at the city of Orangabad (Aurangabad), where he held his court, he had in his following a Rajput prince, whom he began to catechize in the hope of making him a Mahomedan. But finding the prince remained fixed in his religion, he said to him that if the Hindu faith was the true one, he would be able to lay hold of a red-hot iron with his hand without being injured. If he remained uninjured, then he (Aurangzeb), too, would follow the same religion. The Rajput accepted the offer \[160\] ; the red-hot iron was put into his hands, but, not able to retain it, he threw it forthwith on to a tent of Aurangzeb's close by, which took fire and was burnt. The rajah, who was injured by the fire, said : 'It seems to me that we both of us live in error — I because I burnt myself, and your highness because your tent was burnt.' In spite of this Aurangzeb did not desist from his habit of catechizing both Hindus and Christians, turning some of them into Mahomedans, and of these some only agreed in order to acquire promotion, and others in order to obtain employment in his court, or to earn some rupees \[161\]. - [Previous: 65.12.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.12.4) - [Next: 65.12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.12.6) - [Up: 65.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.12.5) · Pramāṇa