[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) › 65.27.2 # Storia do Mogor 65.27.2 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 65.27.2 - **Language:** English ### [65.27.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.27.2) Shahjahan agreed to this proposal, in the hope of still executing his project. To this intent he made ready many lengths of valuable cloth to be presented to Sultan Muhammad, who was to be received with great pomp. He wanted to see if by this method he could draw Aurangzeb. But that Machiavelli was very far from having that sort of feeling. His orders to Sultan Muhammad were, on the contrary, that on reaching the gate of the fort, he should enter promptly, and secure the entrance. Then he should bring in all his men, killing anyone that resisted. These instructions were carried out by his son, without omitting a single point. Shahjahan was greatly amazed at this treachery, being then in his palace amid his women, over two thousand in number, all resolved to die in defence of their lord. From this cause Aurangzeb did not push matters farther, fearing that there might happen to him some misfortune in carrying to the end his design. He knew the proverb: 'Quem todo quer, todo lo perde' \['He who wants everything loses everything' — or the French: 'Qui trop embrasse, mal étreint.'\] He sent word to his father that he should take his ease in his harem, that he was no longer in a state to rule, that he should enjoy himself with his ladies and abandon all anxiety. For he (Aurangzeb) took the whole weight of the empire on himself. When Aurangzeb effected this project Shahjahan was sixty-one years of age, and had reigned thirty-two years and three months. - [Previous: 65.27.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.27.1) - [Next: 65.27.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.27.3) - [Up: 65.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.27) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.27.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.27.2) · Pramāṇa