Vol. XI, Nos. 7 & 8.] Monserrate’s Mongolicae Legationis. 189 
[V.8.] 
P. 563.—See Hughes’ Dict. of Islam, p. 523a, about the 
earliest translation of the Qoran. De pee Fathers use 'the 
translation ait at Basle in 1543? 
P, 565.— ably, the serabiges referred to here was 
Qutbu-d-din of Bi gheccy. Cf. Blochmann, 191, and Badayini 
II, Lowe’s translation, 8. 
P. 576.—The account of Shah Mansir. He was Fein 
nd 
“sa when it was too late. See pe i Akbari and Elliot’s 
History, Vol. V, p. 426 (also ibid., 
58 
esting vag is i srobstly the earliest nOnOS that we have of it, 
either in aa or European writers. 
> 
13.—The © legend about ‘Ali Masjid is interesting. 
under the Sate that the Agra na might have been shifted to 
Delhi; but the pedestals in both places were shown to be too different to 
'tow of the hava statues’ being placed ‘i Delhi. Another conclusive clue 
8 that an elephant statue was found some 40 years ago in P 
d © Agra Fort, ope to return to ar. eh " 
Wscuss th; bewildering variety of legends centring round the riders of the 
flephants both at i. nier’s story applies to Delhi, not 
to Agra, or rather it was a repetition of Monser rate’s version of th a 
stories, Probably the correct: one for r Agra, since Monserrate lived so close 
® tact commemorated. so kee 
of I he Basle translation of 1543 was a Latin one, and Hughes’ 6 
slam 1s silent about Portuguese translations. Father F. Goldie, Fz 
van Missi ' Moor 22, says that the Fathers 
en done at t 
Tiginal Jesuit | ; od as Monse 
Ta: sult letters covering the same perl = 
Cee further information abou : the version of the Qoran at 
i of discu uss the point, wa ers we publish these letters in aie n 
mi Memoi 
i Face of nino. things. I now mt, te yr 
sana which I was constantly ape ther beyond the 
; Passages kyala tope and on ano 
Khaibar Pasg isk p. B14 the Manikyal a J. P. Vogel for diseuesion. 
30 n. 
8 Often pronounced sh in Portuguese. 
