1896.] E. D. Maclagan—Jesuit Missions to the Emperor Akbar. 105 
ing account of a distinguished visit with which his chapel was then 
favoured :— 
‘The son of the Nawab Caidc&o, Mirza Cedula [Saidulla!] son in law of 
Canazio [Khan ‘Azam Mirza ‘Aziz Koka], came and brought with him 
Mirza Gazis [Ghazi] son of Mirza Jani who was king of Sind. They stayed 
a long while examining the Church and in our house enquired much con- 
cerning Jesus Christ and our religion with great modesty and submission 
so that they seemed more like disciples of the Fathers than the great 
princes that they are. They came with a regal retinue, and the people 
knowing that they were coming to our house thronged the streets, doors, 
roots and windows. The great crowd was a magnificent sight.’ 
To add to the Father’s satisfaction, a just retribution overtook the 
chief of his Hindi opponents and he does not narrate their misfortunes 
without a certain gleam of malicious pleasure. One of these was 
arrested by Said Khan for some act of violence and was dragged to 
prison through the city by the hair of his head: his houses were des- 
troyed and he with difficulty made his escape from the town. Another 
lost his son who being but a small child ‘was buried near the river 
according to their custom, but the dogs dug him up and devoured him 
leaving only his head.’ A third, the most violent persecutor of all, 
who held a pargana worth over two lakhs of rupees, fled from the new 
Diwan, but his son and brother were arrested and thrown into a narrow 
prison where ‘they were obliged to pay the guards 20 or 30 rupees each 
a day for food, and a rupee apiece for the slightest necessity of nature: 
and moreover were beaten and ill-treated and called to account for three 
lakhs of rupees.’ ‘Truly’ says Pinheiro, ‘the vengeance of God is 
hidden...May God repay them for the trouble they have evens us by 
converting them to our Holy Faith. Amen.’ 
As regards the results of the year Pinheiro has to confess that 
‘the events above related closed the door to conversions during the 
year, so that we have not any to relate.’ But at the close of his letter 
he adds: ‘Two persons of importance, at least, have asked for baptism: 
they are Persians, and beside being rich are of very good parts,’ 
and he proceeds to describe the somewhat strange arguments which in- 
duced one of them to reject Muhammadanism for Christianity. 
In conclusion the Father says: ‘I should be glad if your Reverence 
could communicate this letter to Father Francisco Cabral,* who by 
1 Blochm., Azn I. 363. 
2 Francisco Cabral was for many years a Professor at Goa and went to Japan 
in 1570, returning apparently soon after 1584. We do not know exactly what con- 
nection he had with the Mughal Mission. He died in 1609 at Goa. See Nowvelle 
Biographie Generale sv. Backer Hist. des Ecrivains Jeswites, serie ii. p. 92, and De 
Sousa Or. Cong. II. 434. 
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