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THE JESUITS AND THE GREAT MOGUL
The Society of Jesuits was founded in Europe in 1539. Their first missionary to India was St. Francis Xavier who arrived in India in 1542. Their first mission was established in India in 1580.
This book is an account of the Jesuit Missions and their missionary activities in Mughal empire.
Contents
(I) Sources of Information, (ii) The First Mission to Akbar, 1580-1583,
(iii) The Second Mission to Akbar, 1591, (iv) The Third Mission to
Akbar, 1595-1605, (v) Jahangir, 1605-1627, (vi) Shah Jahan, 1627-1658, (vii) The Later Moguls, 1658-1803, (viii) The Works of Father Monserrate, 1536-1600, (ix) Akbar's Christian Wife, (x) The Indian Bourbons, (xi) Mirza Zu'Lqarnain (1592-1656) (A Christian Offical in the Mogul Government), (xii) Donna Juliana Diaz Da Costa (D. 1734)
(A Christian Lady at the Mogul Court), (xiii) Culture and Language,
(xiv) The Persian Works of Father Jerome Xavier, (xv) The Missions
and Mogul Paintings, (xvi) The Congregations, (xvii) Churches and Residences, (xviii) Cemeteries, (xix) The Tibetan Mission-Tsaparang.
The book has five appendices, two maps, illustrations, chronology, abbreviations and an index.
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