Akbar and the Jesuits : an account of the Jesuit missions to the court of Akbar / Pierre du Jarric ; translated with introduction and notes by C.H. Payne
1926, 1st edition. London : Routledge. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #403924
Physical description; 288 pp., 8 plates (including frontispiece, facsimiles), 23 cm. Contents; Pref. - List of authorities - Introd. - Akbar, great Mogul - First mission to Mogor - What is truth? - Fr Rudolf Aquaviva - 2nd mission - Dispatch of 3rd mission - Fathers at court - On tour with king - At seat of war - Embassy to Goa - Fr Pigneiro at Lahore 1600-1 - Confidence trick - Notable conversions - Brave champion - Imperial farman - Miraculous picture - Events 1602 - Prince Salim - Persecution of Fathers - Death of Akbar. Subjects; Akbar Emperor of Hindustan 1542-1605. Jesuits Missions India. Mogul Empire Kings and rulers ; Biography. Church history.
Price: €75.00