Storia do Mogor 3.7

3.7

In his 'History of the Maratthas,' first published in 1826, J. Grant-Duff makes more than one reference to Catrou. On p. 88 (Bombay edition of 1873) he uses him to confirm Khāfī Khān's account of Shiva Jī's device for getting into Shāistah Khān's quarters at Poonah (see Manucci's text, Part II., 77), and again he quotes him on p. 92 (note) as to a point in Jai Singh's Dakhin campaign. On p. 99 he contests Catrou's assertion that the rebellion of Aurangzeb's son Mu'azzam was collusive (Manucci's text, Part II., p. 122; Catrou, p. 79 of part iii., edition of 1715). Next we come to Elphinstone's 'History of India,' published in 1841. In at least one instance, p. 554, fourth edition, he quotes Catrou (or Manucci) for events in the reign of Aurangzeb; and although, in agreement with Grant-Duff's view, he considers the story absurd, it would be easy to show that the objection made by him on chronological grounds is untenable. In 1852 Maximilian Müllbauer brought out at Freiburg im Breisgau a most useful work on Catholic missions, 'Geschichte der Katholischen Missionen in Ostindien' (372 pages, 8vo.). He makes some thirteen citations from Catrou. Unfortunately for him, most of these passages are not to be found in Manucci's text, and cannot, therefore, be supported by his authority, whatever it may be worth. I will comment on this more precisely later on.