| ISBN |
9004307524 (hbk.) |
| 9789004307520 (hbk.) |
| Uniform Title |
Tratado da corte e caza de Jamguir Pacha Rey dos Mogores . English |
| Title |
The Mughal Padshah : a Jesuit treatise on Emperor Jahangir's court and household / by Jorge Flores |
| Publisher |
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2016 |
| Physical desc. |
xi, 181 p. ; ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Rulers & elites, comparative studies in governance 6 |
| Note |
English translation from the Portuguese: Tratado da corte e caza de Jamguir Pacha Rey dos Mogores. |
| CBL illustrations: p. 24, fig. 3 (In 44.5). |
| Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-172) and index. |
| Contents |
Pt. 1: Introduction -- The threads and knots of an unusual Jesuit text. The text: outline and profile -- The context: Mughal-Portuguese relations -- From Babur to Jahangir -- The early 1610s -- The authorship: Xavier or Pinheiro? -- The readership: the (at least) four Iberian lives of the treatise -- Problems of chronology and transmission -- How did a manuscript travel from Goa to Lisbon? -- Textual practices -- Reading the treatise. The Jesuit missionary as political observer (actor and thinker) -- The Mughal Padshah -- Captial and citadel, family and harem -- An emperor on display and in command -- Jahangir by the numbers -- Figures, lists, archives -- Household expenses and imperial revenues -- Mansabdars and mansabs -- Concluding remarks -- Pt. 2: The text. The manuscript: its translation and transcription -- Text A: ANTT MS--annotated English translation: Treatise of the court and household of Jahangir Padshah King of the Mughals -- Text B: ANTT MS--Portuguese original: Tratado da corte, e caza de Iamguir Pachá Rey dos Mogores. |
| Person as subject |
Jahangir -- Emperor of Hindustan -- 1569-1627 |
| Corporate name |
Jesuits -- Missions -- Mogul Empire -- History -- Sources |
| Subject |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 44 |
| Royal households -- Mogul Empire -- History -- Sources |
| Political culture -- Mogul Empire -- History -- Sources |
| Portuguese -- Mogul Empire -- History -- Sources |
| Mogul Empire -- Kings and rulers -- Biography |
| Mogul Empire -- Courts and courtiers -- History -- Sources |
| Mogul Empire -- History -- Sources |
| Mogul Empire -- Politics and government -- Sources |
| Added name(s) |
Javier, Jerónimo 1549-1617 |
| Flores, Jorge Manuel 1964- |
