TY  - BOOK
AU  - Flores, Jorge
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2016//
TI  - Mughal Padshah: A Jesuit treatise on Emperor Jahangir's court and household
T3  - Rulers & Elites volume 6
PB  - Brill
CY  - Leiden
KW  - Missions
KW  - Mogul Empire
KW  - History
KW  - Royal households
KW  - Political culture
KW  - Portuguese
KW  - Portugal
KW  - Intellectual life
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Kings and rulers
KW  - Courts and courtiers
AB  - "In The Mughal Padshah, Jorge Flores offers both a lucid English translation and the Portuguese original of a previously unknown account of the court and household of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir (r. 1605-27). Probably penned by the Jesuit priest Jerónimo Xavier in 1610-11, the text reads quite differently than the usual missionary report. Surviving in four different versions, the treatise reveals intriguing insights on Jahangir and his family, the Mughal court and its political rituals, as well as the imperial elite and its military and economic strength. A comprehensive introduction situates this text in the 'disputed' landscape of European accounts on Mughal India, as well as illuminates the actual conditions of production, propagation and readership of such a text between South Asia and the Iberian Peninsula"--Provided by publisher
SN  - 9789004307520
LA  - English
N1  - by Jorge Flores
ID  - 838375995
ER  -