TY - BOOK AU - Jarric,Pierre du TI - Akbar and the Jesuits: An Account of the Jesuit Missions to the Court of Akbar T2 - Kiraz Historic Travels Archive SN - 9781593336301 U1 - 230 PY - 2008///] CY - Piscataway, NJ : PB - Gorgias Press, KW - RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Missions KW - bisacsh N1 - 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; restricted access N2 - 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463212957 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781463212957 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781463212957/original ER -