Originally posted by: akdhaalways
Radhikadi what was written in that letter from queen?And looks like the britishers were eyeing on India from a long time😕And cvs always make a mess of various tracks first the track was about shah e iran vs shah e hind now siblings rivalry and foreign traders are also included, and precap shows a total new track, At the end, we all will be left pulling our hairs
Sayeri,
As Radhika said, the initial English missions in India were not seriously into trade.
They were NOT eyeing us. They were adventurers. :)
Don't want to go in details of history. So, just giving a short BG only. I have written about the English Fleet and the Spanish Armada. And also about the charter of Queen Elizabeth - I.
Link:
https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/121696604
Please check the history sticky link given above, and then proceed further...
That is what we know...And we would have appreciated such a setting.! If the makers show all this, then i will give a brief post about their entry into India through the Mughal court. They have given enough farmans to the European merchants.
But in our show, we are not going to see anything of this kind. I am disappointed with the makers because what they are showing is not correct. They should have shown the coming of Portuguese first. But, again agreed with Radhika, perhaps, for the makers all Europeans are Englishmen only. Hence, they missed with Portuguese.
BTW, I have another thought in mind. Akbar had sent a letter to Portuguese in Goa in September 1579, and this is the SAME MONTH when he issued the document of Mazhar which was mentioned in the Shah-i-Iran update.
Do you think, there is some connection, which the makers might be thinking here ? Or, am i thinking too much, because till now the makers have always proved us wrong. :-P
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