Publisher's Synopsis
This is an abridged version of Storia do Mogor, written by the Venetian traveler Niccolao Manucci, who was a self-taught Italian physician and historian. He wrote an account of the Mughal Empire, providing first-hand information about the empire during the reigns of Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb. It is the most detailed account of the Mughal court and their reign by a foreign traveler.