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All Muhammadans are fond of women, who are their principal relaxation and almost their only pleasure.
— Niccolao Manucci
All Muhammadans are fond of women, who are their principal relaxation and almost their only pleasure.
The most sumptuous of European courts cannot compare in richness and magnificence with the lustre beheld in Indian courts.
[Manucci says that just before the emperor died, he (Aurangzeb) said:] “I die happy for at least the world will be able to say that I have employed every effort to destroy the enemies of the Muhammedan faith.”
