[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) › 65.27.3 # Storia do Mogor 65.27.3 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 65.27.3 - **Language:** English ### [65.27.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.27.3) Finding that by this time it was no longer in his power to do anything likely to secure his liberty, Shahjahan invented a plot which, if successful, would have been the overthrow of Aurangzeb. Thus was necessity a subtle counsellor. His device was to send for Sultan Muhammad to his presence, on the pretext that, finding him so able, he intended to make him king. The prince would never fail with such a bait to come to the palace without an hour's delay, and would never neglect this excellent chance of getting the crown from the hands of his grandfather, coupling with it a deed pleasing to God and the whole world by setting free one unjustly oppressed. But Sultan Muhammad, a man of sense, was not carried away by the words of his grandfather. He knew certainly that all his own leaders and the majority of men in the city were well affected to Aurangzeb, his father, since they had invited \[201\] him to come. If he attempted what his grandfather proposed, he would fall into the same condition as the old man. Thus he declined to listen to or accept the proposal, nor did he set foot within the palace. He sent instead a rough answer that he had no orders from his father either to visit or to listen to him. He had injunctions not to return without bringing the keys of all the gates of the fortress. - [Previous: 65.27.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.27.2) - [Next: 65.27.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.27.4) - [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.65.27.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.27.3) · Pramāṇa