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¹ *Storia do Mogor*, by Niccolao Manucci, vol. ii, pp. 346, 347. Aurangzib’s excessive orthodoxy caused him to suppress music. Thus the profession of the musicians was almost gone. It is said that about a hundred of them consulted together and brought out twenty biers with loud cries and lamentations, in order to excite the pity of the Emperor on their condition, while he was on his way to the mosque. On Aurangzib’s inquiry, he was told that the musicians were going to bury Music, who was killed by his order. The Emperor calmly remarked that they should pray for her soul and see that she was well buried.—Manucci’s *Storia do Mogor*, vol. ii, p. 8.