[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) › 65.40.9 # Storia do Mogor 65.40.9 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 65.40.9 - **Language:** English ### [65.40.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.40.9) Forty days after the departure of Khalilullah Khan, we saw one morning a numerous force pass over the river from west to east at some distance from the fortress. Our artillery began to pound them as hard as it could. At this moment a horseman appeared on the river bank with a small white flag displayed. At once the eunuch gave an order for a small boat to fetch the horseman. On his entering the fortress he delivered a letter to the eunuch, and proclaimed loudly thus : ' I demand on behalf of Aurangzeb that you surrender this stronghold, since we are carrying with us in this army the Prince Dara, whom we have a prisoner.' Hearing this sad and unexpected news, we were all cast down and dropped our arms. The eunuch told the horseman he could not make over the place without the order of his prince, the Lord Dara, from whom he had received charge. The messenger went away with this answer. - [Previous: 65.40.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.40.8) - [Next: 65.41.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.41.1) - [Up: 65.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.40) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.40.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.40.9) · Pramāṇa