[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) › 90.9 # Storia do Mogor 90.9 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 90.9 - **Language:** English ### [90.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.90.9) These and such-like things, rumour said, had been written by Shah 'Abbas to Aurangzeb. Others declared that Shah 'Abbas was very wroth that Aurangzeb, on his coin, had styled himself ' Conqueror of the World ' (i.e., 'Alamglr). But the truth is that no one knew what was entered in the letter, because Aurangzeb did not confide it even to his own wazlr, he being a Persian. On the whole, the above statements were the nearest to certainty. Thus, anyone who had no experience would wonder how Shah 'Abbas could send along with such a terrible letter presents of such value. But anyone who reads history well knows that it was a great crime to appear before the kings of the Lacedemonians and of the Persians \[with empty hands\]. Hence the kings of Asia acquired the habit \[37\] of finding out, when a foreigner came to court, whether he brought presents or not ; he who brought none was unable to obtain an audience. - [Previous: 90.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.90.8) - [Next: 90.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.90.10) - [Up: 90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.90) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.90.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.90.9) · Pramāṇa