The Commentaries of D. García de Silva y Figueroa on his Embassy to Shah ʿAbbās I of Persia on Behalf of Philip III, King of Spain (2017)

The Commentaries of D. García de Silva y Figueroa on his Embassy to Shah ʿAbbās I of Persia on Behalf of Philip III, King of Spain. Translated from the Original Spanish Manuscript by Jeffrey S. Turley; Edited, with an Introduction and Annotations, by Jeffrey S. Turley and George Bryan Souza; Series: European Expansion and Indigenous Response, vol. 26. Leiden & Boston: Brill, 2017, XIX+926 p. ISBN 9789004346314, ISBN 9789004346321

Contents

General Editor’s Preface … IX
Acknowledgments … XII
List of Tables, Maps, and Plates … XIV
Measurements … XVI
Monies … XVIII
Abbreviations … XIX

Introduction … 1

The Commentaries of D. García de Silva y Figueroa on his Embassy to Shah ʿAbbās I of Persia on behalf of Philip III, King of Spain

Book I [The Voyage to India April–November 1614] … 51

Book II Description of the Island and City of Goa … 160

Book III [Goa to Hormuz 21 March–12 October 1617] … 244

Book IV [Journey to Qazvīn and Meeting with Shah, 12 October 1617–1618] … 287

Book V [Report on the Regions of the Persian Empire] … 598

Book VI [Long-delayed Meetings with Shah ʿAbbās I in Eṣfahānand Return to Goa, 27 July 1618–15 December 1620] … 631

Book VII [First Attempt to Return to Spain and Forced Return from Mozambique to Goa. Account of Loss of Qeshm and Hormuz. D. García de Silva y Figueroa’s Final Departure from Goa. 19 December 1620–28 April 1624] … 770

Bibliography … 863
Index … 893