The Commentary of Father Monserrate

Father Antoni de Monserrate (1536-1600) was a Catalan Jesuit monk who travelled to India and Central Asia and was part of Jesuit delegation who visited Emperor Akbars court. He visited Delhi, the Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh, Kashmir, Punjab, and the foothills of Tibet to Afghanistan. This book is the English translation of the Latin version of Mongolic Legationis Commentarius containing the description of Fr. Monserrates encounters in Akbars imperial court at Fatehpur Sikri in the mid-1570s. He narrates the genealogy from Timur and Genghis Khan till contemporary times.