Jorge Flores (Ph.D. New University of Lisbon, 2005) is Professor of Early Modern Global History at the European University Institute (Florence, Italy). He has published extensively on the social and cultural history of the Portuguese Empire in South Asia, 16th-17th centuries.

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceI. INTRODUCTION1. The Threads and Knots of an Unusual Jesuit Text1.1. The Text: Outline and Profile1.2. The Context: Mughal–Portuguese RelationsFrom Babur to JahangirThe Early 1610s1.3. The Authorship: Xavier or Pinheiro?1.4. The Readership: The (at Least) Four Iberian Lives of the TreatiseProblems of Chronology and TransmissionHow did a Manuscript Travel from Goa to Lisbon?Textual Practices2. Reading the Treatise2.1. The Jesuit Missionary as Political Observer (Actor, and Thinker)2.2. The Mughal PadshahCapital and Citadel, Family and HaremAn Emperor on Display and in Command2.3. Jahangir by the NumbersFigures, Lists, ArchivesHousehold Expenses and Imperial RevenuesMansabdars and Mansabs2.4. Concluding RemarksII. THE TEXT1. The Manuscript: its Translation and Transcription2. Text A: ANTT MS – Annotated English Translation: ‘Treatise of the Court and Household of Jahangir Padshah King of the Mughals, briefly addressing his kingdoms, and his treasures, and the great majesty and preeminence by which he is served in his court; his wives, children, and his chief captains’3. Text B: ANTT MS – Portuguese Original: ‘Tratado da Corte, e Caza de Iamguir Pachá rey dos Mogores; Em que brevemente se trata dos Reinos que tem; e de seos Tizouros, e o grande estado e preheminencia com que se serve de suas portas para dentro; suas mulheres, filhos, e seos grandes capitais’BibliographyIndex

“The translation of the Portuguese manuscript into English is excellent and it will allow many scholars and students of Mughal India or the Jesuit missions in south Asia to explore a unique source. Together with the well-researched and stimulating introduction provided by Jorge Flores, this work will find a prominent place in the study of the Jesuit missions in the Mughal empire.” - João Vicente Melo, University of Liverpool, in: Journal of Jesuit Studies, Vol. 4, No. 3 (2017), pp. 529-531 [DOI: 10.1163/22141332-00403007-14]