The pair Akbar – Sir Thomas Roe is not correctly matched. Sir Thomas Roe arrived in India as the English ambassador in 1615 and spent his time at the court of Emperor Jahangir. Akbar died in 1605, ten years before Roe’s arrival, hence the pairing is chronologically incorrect. The correct answer is (D) Akbar – Sir Thomas Roe.
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? (A) Shah Jahan – Tavernier (B) Aurangzeb – Manucci (C) Jahangir – William Hawkins (D) Akbar – Sir Thomas Roe
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The pair Akbar – Sir Thomas Roe is not correctly matched. Sir Thomas Roe was an ambassador from King James I of England. He arrived at the Mughal court in 1615 seeking trade agreements and spent nearly four years at the court of Emperor Jahangir (Akbar’s son). The other pairs—Shah Jahan/Tavernier, Aurangzeb/Manucci and Jahangir/Hawkins—are correctly matched. Roe’s detailed accounts of Jahangir’s court life and administration are a vital source of Mughal history.