[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Storia do Mogor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci) › [Storia do Mogor (Irvine)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine) › 60.5.7 # Storia do Mogor 60.5.7 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 60.5.7 - **Language:** English ### [60.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.60.5.7) This affair was also the cause of Akbar's fondness for Europeans, and the reason why he ordered that a great number should be taken into his service, such as lapidaries, enamellers, goldsmiths, surgeons, and gunners of various nations. Among them there being many Catholics, they petitioned the king that either he would allow them to depart for their homes or permit the religious orders to settle in Agrah, for the fact was that without priests they could not exist. Akbar sent envoys to the city of Goa to obtain priests, whereupon the Jesuit fathers came. For them he ordered the construction of a church in Agrah, and thus first of all Europeans became servants of the Mogul kings. Finding himself conqueror of almost the whole of Hindustan, Akbar followed \[90\] the example of his father. Although he made little account of his soul, he took care to prepare a resting-place for his body with extreme magnificence. For the site he chose a garden on the road to Dihli, at three leagues' distance from Agrah on the west, to which he gave the name of Secandara (Sikandrah)—that is to say, 'Alexandria.' - [Previous: 60.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.60.5.6) - [Next: 60.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.60.6.1) - [Up: 60.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.60.5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.60.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.60.5.7) · Pramāṇa