QuestionHistory / Mughal court
Jahangir got impressed by the Turkish fluency of which one of the following European travellers and made him a Mansabdar of 400 sawar?
- (a) William Hawkins
- (b) Ralph Fitch
- (c) William Finch
- (d) Thomas Coryat
Answer: (a) William Hawkins
William Hawkins reached Jahangir's court (1609) for the English Company. Jahangir liked his Turkish, made him a mansabdar of 400 and gave him a wife, but trading rights were not granted.