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<p>A sequel to the volume Akbar and the Jesuits translated into English by C.H. Payne in 1930 it describes the encounters of Jesuit missionaries in the Mughal court under Emperor Jahangir (r.16051627). The book is divided into three parts the first part being the main theme of the book which talks about the Jesuit account of court activities and their religious mission. The second part contains the accounts which include the Travels of Benedict Goës and the third part is about the Jesuit mission to Pegu and the deputation of Portuguese emissaries to Goa. These parts discusses the first decades of the seventeenth century concerning the political happenings in the Mughal court and the Portuguese missions to South East and East Asia. The first part covers the infamous rebellion of Prince Salim against his father Emperor Akbar (r.15561605). It also covers the conversion of two Mughal princes to Christianity the Jesuit father's mission to the Agra court interfaith debates between the Jesuit fathers and Muslim clergies the Mughal king's reverence to Jesus Christ and the neoconverts to the Christian faith. The second part of this book talks about Benedict Goës trip from Lahore which was another Mughal capital to Yarkand situated in the current Xinjiang autonomous province of China and Suchou in mainland China. The third part talks about the establishment of Portuguese rule in Burma with the Portuguese occupation of Pegu discussing the conflicts between the Portuguese and Arakanese rulers and the establishment of Portuguese adventurer and mercenary Filipe de Brito e Nicote at Syriam. About the Author Fr. Fernão Guerreiro (15501617) was the Superior of the Jesuit congregation in Lisbon and a historian. He was responsible for one of the most important collections of these letters from overseas missionaries of the Order. His work Relação Anual das Coisas que Fizeramos Padres da Campanhia de Jesus nas Partes da India (Yearly Report of the Deeds Realized by the Fathers of the Society of Jesus in India was published in 16031611. His works served as a major reference point to the yearly Carta Annuas (Annual Letters) sent by his overseas colleagues which presents a vivid description of where the Society of Jesus developed its missions in South SouthEast and East Asia. C.H. Payne was a translator and a former educational adviser to the erstwhile Nawab of Bhopal. He authored books such as A Short History of the Sikhs GohuriIkbal (transl. into English as An account of My Life) Scenes & Characters from Indian History as Described in the Works of Some Old Masters Tod’s Annals of Rajasthan: The Annals of Mewar etc.</p>
