56 H. Beveridge —Observations on General Maclagan’spaper. [No. 1, 1904.] 
long at Court, and liis mission was not at all a success. It is unlikely 
therefore that Abul Fazl would mention him. On the other hand, 
Grimon seems to have stayed many years at Court, for he came in 1590 
and left with Goes on 15th February 1603. As he left his newly-married 
wife behind him, he probably returned to Agra from Kabul or Yarkand. 
At p. 56 General Maclagan gives a translation of Rodolfo Acqua- 
viva’s letter of 27th September 1582, which is in the Marsden M.S.B.M. 
Add. M.S.S. 9854. The translation, however, seems inferior to that 
given in Father Goldie’s book (1897). 
Father Goldie also gives in an Appendix the original Portuguese. 
The words Dottor Imperbicado, or Impervicado, which were applied to 
Mubarak by Father Monserrat, present a difficulty, the word Imper¬ 
bicado not being found in any dictionary. General Maclagan renders it 
“self-sufficient,” but it seems to me from the context that the word was 
used as a compliment. I would suggest Imporfiado, which might mean 
Not-obstinate, i.e. y liberal or open-minded, which, indeed, was Muba¬ 
rak’s character. In a note to the translation by Mr. Phillips in Father 
Goldie’s book, it is said that the phrase is obviously a nickname. 
General Maclagan’s account of the 2nd and 3rd Missions is very 
interesting, but I have nothing to add to the information contained in it. 1 
1 There is an interesting passage about Akbar’s religious discussions in the Zub- 
datu-t-Tawarikh of Nur-al-haq .—See Elliot, YI. 182. 
