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

Jarric, Pierre du

Akbar and the Jesuits : An Account of the Jesuit Missions to the Court of Akbar / Pierre du Jarric. - 1 online resource (352 p.) : 8 - Kiraz Historic Travels Archive .

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- LIST OF PRINCIPAL AUTHORITIES CONSULTED -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE. AKBAR, THE GREAT MOGUL -- CHAPTER TWO. THE FIRST MISSION TO MOGOR -- CHAPTER THREE. ' WHAT IS TRUTH?' -- CHAPTER FOUR. FATHER RUDOLF AQUAVIVA -- CHAPTER FIVE. THE SECOND MISSION -- CHAPTER SIX. DISPATCH OF THIRD MISSION -- CHAPTER SEVEN. THE FATHERS AT COURT -- CHAPTER EIGHT. ON TOUR WITH THE KING -- CHAPTER NINE. AT THE SEAT OF WAR -- CHAPTER TEN. AN EMBASSY TO GOA -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. FATHER PIGNEIRO AT LAHORE, 1600-1 -- CHAPTER TWELVE. THE CONFIDENCE TRICK -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN. SOME NOTABLE CONVERSIONS -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN. A BRAVE CHAMPION -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN. AN IMPERIAL FARMAN -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN. A MIRACULOUS PICTURE -- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. EVENTS OF THE TEAR 1602 -- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. PRINCE SALIM -- CHAPTER NINETEEN. PERSECUTION OF THE FATHERS -- CHAPTER TWENTY. THE DEATH OF AKBAR -- NOTES -- INDEX

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The narrative of the Jesuit missions to Akbar, ruler of the Mughal Empire in India, is a noted period piece in travel writing. Although the author never traveled abroad, he compiled a substantial history of Jesuit missionary activity. This book narrates the missions to India in the 16th and 17th centuries.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9781593336301 9781463212957

10.31826/9781463212957 doi


RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Missions.

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