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The Mughal Padshah, a Jesuit treatise on Emperor Jahangir's court and household, [edited and translated] by Jorge Flores

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The Mughal Padshah, a Jesuit treatise on Emperor Jahangir's court and household, [edited and translated] by Jorge Flores

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Mughal Padshah

Medium

electronic resource

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bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

929855759

Responsibility statement

[edited and translated] by Jorge Flores

Series statement

Brill E-BooksRulers & elites, volume 6, 2211-4610

Sub title

a Jesuit treatise on Emperor Jahangir's court and household

Summary

"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

Table Of Contents

Part 1 -- The threads and knots of an unusual Jesuit text -- Reading the treatise -- Part 2 -- The manuscript : its translation and transcription -- Text A: ANTT MS-annotated English translation -- Text B: ANTT MS-Portuguese original

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