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his father came from Bengal to see him. The son received his 

 father, but ordered him to be severely bastinadoed, and 

 warned him not to treat his other children as he had treated 

 him. Then, returning to more filial feelings, he bestowed on 

 his father a large sum of money and sent him back to Bengal. 

 The eunuch's name was Agha Khan, and he had charge of 

 Mumtaz Mahal's tomb. 



Speaking of Akbar's tomb, he says : 

 Gemina ad ingressum jacent magna vestibula ex mar- 

 " more ubi mille daedaleae manus finxere figuras, quas inter 

 " novi ego Patres nostrae societatis qui primi Christianam rem 

 " illius regis tempore condidere." l 



He also describes adust-storm, which he calls Audi, 2 and 

 relates how Father Henry Busi. while sleeping on the terrace, 

 was surprised by a hail-storm , of which the stones were so bit 

 that he shouted out that he was being stoned by someone. 



He gives of Shah Jahan the following description : 



61 Hie ego per otium vidi regem : sexaginta oculis monstro- 

 "' bat annos, barba usque ad pectoris deducta medium, formosi 

 ' oculi, totusque talem prae se ferens majestatem ut vel 

 " nescienti regem proderet." 



He speaks of the personal beauty of Murad Bakhsh, 

 and describes his appearance. There is a long description of 

 Shah Jahan's leaving Agra in order to establish himself at 

 Delhi, his new capital. Father Botelho witnessed this 

 departure, in company with Father Francis Morando. H< 

 then goes on to describe Delhi. He describes the Karnal Canal, 

 and the shady avenue from Delhi to Lahore. The avenue, he 

 ays, was constructed by Jahangir. 



f< Hoc opus sub rege Janguirnon imitabili labore effectum, 

 vel sibi indulgente, nam hoc crebro peragrabat iter, vel 

 viatoribus, qui hinc et inde frequenter transvehunt com- 

 meatus, mercesque. Adde quod in via hac, leucas duas vix 

 peragres, quin erectum videas pyramidem, mox aliam atque 

 " aliam paria inter spatia, et puteum scaturientis aquae. 1 ' 



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1 For similar pictures near the tomb of Jahangir, cf. Travels in India, 

 by Jean B. Tavernier, Ed. V, Ball, London, Macmillan, 1889, Vol I 

 p. Ill: € «When you reach Agra from the Delhi side, you meet a largo 

 Bazaar, close to which there is a garden where the King Jahangir, father 

 of Shah Jahan, is interred. Over the gate of this garden you see a 

 painting which represents his tomb covered by a black pall, with man> 

 torches of white wax, and two Jesuit Fathers at the ends. One is much 

 astonished at seeing that Shah Jahan, contrary to the practice of the 



luhamedans, who hold images in abhorrence, has allowed this painting 

 to remain, and it can onlv be in consequence of the fact that the King, hi 

 father and lie himself had learnt from the Jesuits some principles of 

 mathematics and astrology.'* Manrique noticed ( 164 1 ) a picture of Our 

 Lady within the portico leading to Akbar's torn!). Cf. Itinerary 

 Oriental, Rome, 1653, p. 350. 



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