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Father Botelho also expatiates on the virtues of a certain 

 Mirza Zu-1 Qarnin. 1 



Sed quoniam quidquid inMogore felix habuimus, quidquid 

 " Christiana floruit Religio, quidquid Agrense Collegium habet 

 " vectigalium,totum(siDeum excipis)Mirsaedebetur Zulcarnem, 

 " infratremSocietatisadoptato,inejus justis laudationibus juvat 

 " paululum immorari. Hir vir, hie est, Mirza Zulcarnem, 

 " natalibus nobilis, factis illustris, titulo Umbraus, Christiana 

 " fide notissimus, in pace Numa, in bello Alexander, Caesar in 

 " utroque, qui in bello fortis, in pace mitis, in vita Justus, for- 

 " titudinis fuit exemplum, mansuetudinis typus, religionis 

 " assertor, cujus venerati sunt Mogores magnitudinem, orbis 

 " f amain, et virtutem religio; cui Reges Mogores mille referunt 

 victorias, mille proeeres beneficia, mirum Societas Jesu debet 

 amorem, quem Mogul habuit ducem strenuum, Fides pro- 

 pugnatorem, amicum fratremque Societas, quo floruit Martia 

 " virtus, crevit Christiana religio, exultavit Societas. Hie vir, 

 "hie est, qui licet in cunis lustrali ablutus lympha, Regis 

 M Janguir extitit delicium. peregrina praeditus forma, adeo ut 

 " Rex ipse, quod in Mogoribus rarum, eadem secum mensa 

 "deferret puerum; hie est qui duobus supra decern expletis 

 annis, Regis amorem in iras degenerem sustinuit, pluri- 

 maque et acerba pertulit flagella, quod Romanam abjicere 

 * * Religionem pertinax nollet, in tan turn, ut pater Franciscus 

 Morando 2 gloriosum Christi martyrem appellaret ; subtili 

 juvenis plane ingenio, qui Patria lingua metra pangebat 

 tanta cum elegantia, ut regem mire recrearet; in remune- 



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and Agra had boen destroyed ; but they had now been allowed to erect 

 a new ki house' ' on the site of their former ( hurch at Agra. 



1 " But, as all the success we have had in Mogor, the flourishing 

 condition of the Christian religion, all the revenues possessed by the 

 Agra College, are (after God) due entirely and solely to Mirsa Zulcarnem, 

 whom the Society adopted as one of its brethren, it behoves us to dwell 

 awhile in just praise of him" The Mirza had been granted by the 

 General of the Society the title of founder, which gave him a share in the 

 merits of the Society. " This man. J mean Mirza Zulcarnem, was as 

 noble in birth as he was illustrious by his deeds anrt renowned for his 

 Christian piety. An Amir in dignity, he was a Numa in peace, an Alex- 

 ander in war, a Caesar in both, brave in warfare, meek in peace, upright 

 in his conduct, a model of valour, a pattern of gentleness, a champion of 

 religion; the Moguls honoured him for his greatness, the world for 

 his renown, and religion for his virtues. The Mogul Kings owe him a 

 thousand victories, a thousand nobles thank him for his benefits, while 

 the Society of Jesus returns to him exceeding gratitude. 



Zu-1 Qarnin, the Mirza's name, means Alexander; but there is 

 more than a mere play on the name. 



^ Francis Morando, S.J., a ' ' Bolognese , " came to India in 1<>29. 

 (Franco). He was sent to Thibet in 1631, according to Abbe A. Launay 

 and Padre J. M. D. Aguiar. About 1640, Father 1 . Maracci said that he 

 was at Agra, where he was copying the works of Father .Jerome Xavier 



Persian and Hindustani scholar. Our Catalogues of 

 T»«nt ;inn him a« nn« nf the Moffor Missionaries. 



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