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1 online resource (155 pages) : illustrations |
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The Broadway travellers ; 2 |
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Broadway travellers ; 2.
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BOOK COVER; TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; PLATE 1; PREFACE; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATTONS; LIST OF PRINCIPAL AUTHORITIES CONSULTED; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER I AKBAR, THE GREAT MOGUL; CHAPTER II THE FIRST MISSION TO MOGOR; CHAPTER III 'WHAT IS TRUTH?'; CHAPTER IV FATHER RUDOLF AQUAVIVA; CHAPTER V THE SECOND MISSION; CHAPTER VI DISPATCH OF THE THIRD MISSION; CHAPTER VII THE FATHERS AT COURT; CHAPTER VIII ON TOUR WITH THE KING; CHAPTER IX AT THE SEAT OF WAR; CHAPTER X AN EMBASSY TO GOA; CHAPTER XI FATHER PIGNEIRO AT LAHORE, 1600-1; CHAPTER XII THE CONFIDENCE TRICK |
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CHAPTER XIII SOME NOTABLE CONVERSIONSCHAPTER XIV A BRAVE CHAMPION; CHAPTER XV AN IMPERIAL FARMAN; CHAPTER XVI A MIRACULOUS PICTURE; CHAPTER XVII EVENTS OF THE YEAR 1602; CHAPTER XVIII PRINCE SALIM; CHAPTER XIX PERSECUTION OF THE FATHERS; CHAPTER XX THE DEATH OF AKBAR; NOTES; INDEX |
| Summary |
First published in 1926.'These documents are full of intimate interest' Times Literary Supplement'A serious and intensely interesting piece of work' The GuardianThe 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' l |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Akbar, Emperor of Hindustan, 1542-1605
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Akbar, Emperor of Hindustan, 1542-1605 fast |
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Jesuits -- Missions -- Mughal Empire -- Early works to 1800
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Jesuits -- Correspondence
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Jesuits fast |
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Missions -- India
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Missions
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Mughal Empire -- Early works to 1800
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India
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India -- Mogul Empire
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Early works
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Personal correspondence
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Payne, C. H. (Charles Herbert)
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| ISBN |
9780203307526 |
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0203307526 |
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9780415344814 |
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0415344816 |
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1134285086 |
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9781134285082 |
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1280241101 |
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9781280241109 |
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9786610241101 |
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6610241104 |
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