Akbar and the Jesuits : An Account of the Jesuit Missions to the Court of Akbar

ISBN-13: 9780415344814 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 352 str.

Father Pierre Du Jarric Jarric; Joan McRae

Opis

First published in 1926.
'These documents are full of intimate interest' Times Literary Supplement
'A serious and intensely interesting piece of work' The Guardian
The Jesuit missionaries were some of the earliest Europeans to find their way into the Mogul empire in the sixteenth century. Spending more years at Akbar's court than others did months, and traversing his dominions from Lahore to Kabul, and from Kashmir to the Deccan, they undoubtedly sowed the seeds of British influence in the East.
Reproducing, or summarizing the most valuable of the missionaries' letters written prior to 1610, this volume makes available the illegible and scattered primary sources on the reign of the Emperor Akbar, and as such, forms the earliest European description of the Mogul Empire.

Recenzje

'This incisive study of the threat posed by the radical Islamic groups has been updated to include the Second Gulf War.' - Contemporary Review

Spis treści

1. Akbar, the Great Mogul 2. The First Mission to Mogor 3. 'What is Truth?' 4. Father Rudolf Aquaviva 5. The Second Mission 6. Dispatch of Third Mission 7. The Fathers at Court 8. On Tour with the King 9. At the Seat of War 10. An Embassy to Goa 11. Father Pigneiro at Lahore, 1600-1 12. The Confidence Trick 13. Some Notable Conversions 14. A Brave Champion 15. An Imperial Farman 16. A Miraculous Picture 17. Events of the Year 1602 18. Prince Salim 19. Persecution of the Fathers 20. The Death of Akbar

O autorze

Father Pierre du Jarric Jarric