[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) › 65.39.7 # Storia do Mogor 65.39.7 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 65.39.7 - **Language:** English ### [65.39.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.39.7) The princess, Nomahal Begom (Nurmahal Begam) the first wife of Dara, finding herself in such a difficulty, along with her son, Sipihr Shukoh, and her daughter, Jani Begom (Jam Begam), resolved to take her life with her own hands, so that she might not live to see her sons' and her husband's tragic and lamentable end. Beholding the anguish endured by the afflicted Begam, her favourite house-slave prevented the princess taking \[248\] the poison, which to this intent she carried in a ring concealed under a precious stone. He said to her that since he owed all he was to the prince, he ought in this great peril to show the fine quality of his attachment by offering his life and person for the ransoming of his lord. Let her wait a little, for he had resolved to take the life of the ungrateful Jiwan Khan, although well aware that he could not carry out this design without losing his own. For the execution of the enterprise he begged a pistol from the prince, one given him by the Dutch factor at Ahmadabad as a weapon of value, all inlaid with mother-of-pearl — one that had never been known to miss fire. - [Previous: 65.39.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.39.6) - [Next: 65.39.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.39.8) - [Up: 65.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.39) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.39.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.39.7) · Pramāṇa