[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) › 65.30.8 # Storia do Mogor 65.30.8 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 65.30.8 - **Language:** English ### [65.30.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.30.8) He would never forget it, when the time came to reward and recompense him. To gain him more securely to his side, he (Dara) allowed his wife to send for the rajah to her harem, where with soft words the princess once more begged for his aid and gave him many presents, the chief being a string of pearls of great value that she threw over his neck. She addressed him as her son, and said she looked on him as in the place of her son Sulaiman Shukoh. Then she did a thing never done before in the Mogul's empire—that is say, she offered him water to drink with which she had washed her breasts, not having milk in them, as a confirmation of her words. He drank with the greatest acceptance and swore he would be ever true, and never fail in the duties of a son. But he needed some money for expenses, so as to enlist all the men he could, in addition to those he had already brought. - [Previous: 65.30.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.30.7) - [Next: 65.31.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.31.1) - [Up: 65.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.30) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.30.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.30.8) · Pramāṇa