Storia do Mogor 3.12

3.12

Not only does Catrou omit, but he imports largely from other sources, without affording any means of distinguishing between such additions and what he drew from Manucci's manuscript. Instances of the misleading consequences of Catrou's method may be adduced. The chapter on Babar occupies pp. 38-52 of the quarto edition; yet of these fourteen pages almost all that can be assigned to Manucci are the names of Ranguil Das (p. 39, not including the speech), and Amuvi Xa (pp. 46, 47), with the last two paragraphs of pp. 51 and 52. Then, again, Noer on pp. 135-137 of his 'Geschichte,' quoting Catrou in regard to the Jesuit missions to the Mogul Court, believes that he is appealing to the authority of Manucci. Not a word of all these statements is to be found in Manucci's text, as will be readily seen. Quite recently (Bombay, 1903) Mr. Jivanji Jamshedji Modi, B.A., published a most interesting account of 'The Parsees at the Court of Akbar,' where, on p. 77, a table of the arrival and departure of the missions is taken from Catrou, 'on the authority of Manouchi'; and again, on p. 80, a detailed account of Akbar's reception of Rodolfo Aquaviva. Mr. Modi will be somewhat surprised to learn that nothing about any of these missions is to be found in the real Manucci text, and the statements made in Catrou obtain no confirmation from an appeal to it.