[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) › 89.1 # Storia do Mogor 89.1 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 89.1 - **Language:** English ### [89.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.89.1) Having arranged the affairs of his kingdom with sufficient completeness, Aurangzeb, relying upon the victories he had gained on land, thought of establishing the fear of himself at sea ; he therefore resolved to set up a fleet, with a considerable number of ships. The reason for this resolve was the loss of a Mahomedan vessel loaded with kauris. In Italian these are called lumaquelle ; they come from the Maldives, and are current money in the kingdom of Bengal. After some fighting this ship was taken by pirates. The captain and the merchants on the ship said to the pirates that the kauris would never be of any use to them ; thus they should be satisfied to accompany them as far as Mecca, in which port they would pay them forty thousand patacas. The proposal was accepted, and the pirates went to Mecca. At a distance from the harbour they awaited the fulfilment of the agreed bargain. But the Mahomedans, instead of satisfying the pirates, laid hold of the opportunity of two royal vessels being there. These ships had brought faqirs and the ladies and lords of Hindustan to Mecca. They so arranged that with the assistance of other merchant ships they all sailed out to capture the Frank pirate. But it turned out very differently from what they expected. For, going out to hunt, they were themselves hunted. The pirates, seeing some ten or twelve vessels coming against them, pretended to take to flight, in the hope of drawing these inexperienced men out to the open sea. - [Previous: 88.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.88.2.6) - [Next: 89.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.89.2) - [Up: 89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.89) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.89.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.89.1) · Pramāṇa