Storia Do Mogor, Vol. 2: Or Mogul India, 1653 1708 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Storia Do Mogor, Vol. 2: Or Mogul India, 1653 1708Finding himself now arrived at the goal of all his hopes, his father in prison, his brothers dead, Aurangzeb ordained a nine days' festival,1 during which he received congratulations and valuable gifts from the great men of the kingdom. He continued his accustomed sacrifice of pimento, which he began when prince in the Dakhin. This was conducted in the following way Having taken a handful of pimento and said a prayer, he threw it on some live charcoal, where it was allowed to smoke for some moments. Then the coals and the said smoking pimento were sent out to be thrown on some mound or other.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.