[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) › 65.2.2 # Storia do Mogor 65.2.2 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 65.2.2 - **Language:** English ### [65.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.2.2) The king ordered the mendicant to be searched, and in his girdle they found forty rupees of gold. He (Shahjahan) said to his son : ' If what you did and said was not a plot, you are a saint.' Aurangzeb, seeing that his father had begun to place faith in his pretences, made believe to intensify his abstinence, simply to deceive his father, so that his rank might be increased. It was found out afterwards that the mendicant had been tutored by him (Aurangzeb) ; in spite of this, all the simple-minded people took him for a saint. But his father, who knew well the nature of this son, and also recollected the words of the faqir with the apples, gave little credit to all this show of holiness. It was for this reason that he did not increase the low rank that he had first given him. To his other sons he gave many tokens of paternal affection — above all, to the eldest son, Dara. Envious of this preference, Aurangzeb sought means of injuring his brother Dara, to whom he had a great antipathy. - [Previous: 65.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.2.1) - [Next: 65.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.2.3) - [Up: 65.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.2.2) · Pramāṇa