Excerpt from A Pepys of Mongul India, 1653-1708; Being an Abridged Ed of the Storia Do Mogor of Niccolao Manucci, Tr, by William Irvine (Abridged Ed, Prepared by Margaret L. Irvine) In that year he was about to make a special journey to Shah 'alam's court at Lahor as an intermediary on behalf of the Madras Council, who wished to Settle various long-standing difficulties, and also to secure fresh privileges. The death of Shah 'alam put an end to these plans, but as a reward for his previous services the Governor and Council on January 14, 1712, conceded to him in perpetuity his leasehold house and garden at Madras, which he had acquired as being heir of Thomas Clarke, having married his widow. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.