[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) › 65.14.8 # Storia do Mogor 65.14.8 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 65.14.8 - **Language:** English ### [65.14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.14.8) This confusion lasted in the city for three days and three nights, the shops remaining shut, and there being a scarcity of supplies. The agents (procuradores = wakīls) wrote, each of them, in haste to the princes about the king's illness, whereupon every one of the sons began to plan and prepare his army. The 'sarrafos' (sarraf, a banker or money-lender), who are the men who issue bills of exchange, wrote to their correspondents in metaphors that they should guard themselves, as follows: 'Let it be known to your worship that the vessel of butter was filled to overflowing, and the butter in it was lost.' By this they wished it to be understood that the king was already dead, and they wrote as above, not daring to write any plainer, for these men are very cautious in conducting themselves. Many letters were received in which it was distinctly stated that the king was already dead. These were founded on the non-appearance of the king, as is the custom. Shahjahan was very much concerned at being unable to appear, he being in great pain, and he feared some disturbance. - [Previous: 65.14.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.14.7) - [Next: 65.14.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.14.9) - [Up: 65.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.14.8) · Pramāṇa