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A sequel to the volume, Akbar and the Jesuits, translated into English by C.H. Payne, in 1930, it describes the encounters of Jesuit missionaries in the Mughal court under Emperor Jahangir (r.1605-1627). The book is divided into three parts, the first part being the main theme of the book, which talks about the Jesuit account of court activities and their religious mission. The second part contains the accounts, which include the Travels of Benedict Goës and the third part is about the Jesuit mission to Pegu and the deputation of Portuguese emissaries to Goa. These parts discusses the first decades of the seventeenth century concerning the political happenings in the Mughal court and the Portuguese missions to South East and East Asia. The first part covers the infamous rebellion of Prince Salim against his father Emperor Akbar (r.1556-1605). It also covers the conversion of two Mughal princes to Christianity, the Jesuit father's mission to the Agra court, inter-faith debates between the Jesuit fathers and Muslim clergies, the Mughal king's reverence to Jesus Christ, and the neo-converts to the Christian faith. The second part of this book talks about Benedict Goës trip from Lahore, which was another Mughal capital, to Yarkand, situated in the current Xinjiang autonomous province of China, and Suchou in mainland China.
Contents
Part I Jahangir and the Jesuits
Chapter One: The Rebellion of the Print against his father and the consequences thereof 3
Chapter Two: How the King began his reign. He compels two Christian children to become Moors 13
Chapter Three: Some converts to the Faith 24
Chapter Fourth: Some Events of the year 1607 32
Chapter Five: The Fathers accompany the King to Agra 43
Chapter Six: The fathers dispute with the Moor before King 49
Chapter Seven: A dispute on the divinity of Christ 58
Chapter Eight: The King's reverence for Christ 63
Chapter Nine: The King sends an Embassy to Goa 77
Notes to Part I 88
Part II The Travels of Benedict Goes
Chapter One: Introductory 119
Chapter Two: Lahore to Yarkand 126
Chapter Three: At Yarkand 135
Chapter Four: Yarkand to Suchou 150
NOTE to Part II 163
Part III The Mission to Pegu
Chapter One: The Rain of Pegu 185
Chapter Two: Philip de Brito establishes himself aty Syriam 194
Chapter Three: Ten Reasons for holding the parts of Bengala 201
Chapter Four: Defeat of the Arakanese Armada 207
Chapter Five: In which a treaty is made and broken 216
Chapter Six: The Battle of Negrais 224
Chapter Seven: The Siege of Syriam 231
Chapter Eight: The Fortress Captures 241
Notes to Part III 252
Appendix 277
Index 279
