[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) › 65.45 # Storia do Mogor 65.45 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 65.45 - **Language:** English ### [65.45.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.45.1) He therefore resolved to send his son, Sultan Bang, to the King of Arracao (Arakan) \[269\], a heathen, otherwise known as Mogo (Magh), beseeching him most earnestly to afford aid in his distress ; if he did not agree to that, would he, at the least, consent to receive him and his men within his territory until the season came for a voyage to Persia or to Mouca (? Makkah, Meccah) ? When fortune should again be kind to him, he would hereafter recompense him for this favour. The King of Arakan received the prince Sultan Bang with much courtesy and kindness, and after a few days sent him back to his father with a number of boats called jalias, which are small galleys commanded by Portuguese subjects of the said King of Arakan, inhabitants of Chatigao (Chatganw) on the frontier of that kingdom, where its boundary runs with that of the Moguls. Prince Shah Shuja' was highly satisfied at acquiring so bold a friend, one so powerful as not to be afraid of Aurangzeb, the reason of which we will recount hereafter (I. 270). Finding by this time that he was no longer able to resist Mir Jumlah, and that on every side he was hemmed in, he resolved to quit Bengal, he and his family, with all his treasures. ### [65.45.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.45.2) He took ship at the city of Daca (Dhakah), which is on the boundary of Bengal, on the bank of a very large river. But there was much confusion and great hurry, caused by the necessity under which he lay. For Mir Jumlah did all that was possible to seize him. In these straits the women, who, according to the custom, ought not to allow themselves to be seen in public, so as not to seem immodest or be considered polluted, sat there in the view of everybody. Being a new thing this raised great compassion in the beholders, and caused much sorrow to the prince. In one boat were two hundred and fifty ladies, the most lovely in his harem, mingled with soldiers and boatmen. In desperation he ordered the boat to be sunk, as was done, without reflecting on the people in it, or the treasure loaded in it, or the rich jewels the ladies were wearing. Another mishap overtook the prince. This was that the boat commanded by Manoel Coelho, containing the larger part and the most exquisite of his treasures, went ashore on the coast of Arakan and became a total loss. Old Manoel Coelho did this on purpose, and thieved everything. After all these afflictions, and various others encountered by this unfortunate prince in his flight, they arrived in the kingdom of Arakan, where they were well received by the Magh king, with many demonstrations of affection. Here Shah Shuja' remained, in expectation of the season for getting to Persia or to Meccah. ### [65.45.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.45.3) The kingdom of Arakan adjoins that of Bengal to the east, and on its border has, as its maritime frontier, Chatganw (Chittagong). Once on a time many Europeans lived there, men of various nations, principally Portuguese \[270\], and many indigenous to the country, who were all Christians. These inhabitants inflicted great damage on the lands of Bengal, and, penetrating with their boats into all parts of that province, carried off men, women, and children, gold and silver ; and when they could get them, they did not hesitate to carry off babes at the breast along with their mothers. When these cried at night, they would, with unheard of cruelty, snatch them from their mothers' arms and throw them into the sea. They lived with such lawlessness that it would take much space if I attempted to record their misdeeds. I say in one word all that need be said ; they were unworthy not merely of the name of Christians, but of men. The King of Arakan relied much on this class, and made little account of the kings his neighbours, both from the bravery of the aforesaid men, also from the nature of his country. No one can enter this territory with an army, the ground being marshy, with impenetrable jungles and mighty rivers full of alligators. If this had not been so, the Mogul would have conquered this kingdom and that of Pegu equally with that of Siao (Siam), the which are conterminous with one another on his (the Mogul's) frontiers. Arakan is between them and the Mogul territory. ### [65.45.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.45.4) In the kingdoms of Arakan and Pegu there are macoreos, thus called, which are sudden floods that at certain seasons overflow the country with great velocity, so that a horse galloping its hardest cannot escape. In less than half an hour more than twenty leagues of ground are flooded. The soil is fertile, yielding abundantly and luxuriantly; but the inhabitants are as barbarous as the tigers, elephants, rhinoceroses, and buffaloes which dwell in its jungles. --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.45) · Pramāṇa