{"id":22655,"date":"2023-03-06T17:04:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T16:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=225302"},"modified":"2023-03-06T18:35:12","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T17:35:12","slug":"meeting-the-mughals-englands-disastrous-first-embassy-to-india","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/meeting-the-mughals-englands-disastrous-first-embassy-to-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting the Mughals: England\u2019s disastrous first embassy to India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The first English ambassador arrived in Mughal India in 1616, desperate to establish a trade treaty. But, as Nandini Das reveals, England\u2019s hopes would soon be shattered <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Rhiannon Davies\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 06 March 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>In 1616, when the first English embassy was installed in Mughal India, England was a minor player on the global stage rather than a leading actor. Nandini Das explores what the challenges of this embassy can tell us about England\u2019s unequal relationship with India at the time \u2013 and reveals how the future dominance of the British empire was far from a foregone conclusion<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-225302-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/03\/meetingthemughals-1a27b9a.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/03\/meetingthemughals-1a27b9a.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/03\/meetingthemughals-1a27b9a.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Nandini Das is the author of <em>Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire<\/em> (Bloomsbury, 2023)<\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/p\/books\/courting-india-england-mughal-india-and-the-origins-of-empire-nandini-das\/7098883?ean=9781526615640&quot;\">Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Courting-India-England-Mughal-Origins\/dp\/1526615649?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\">Buy now on Amazon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&amp;xcust=historyextra-social-histboty&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2Fcourting-india%2Fnandini-das%2F9781526615640&quot;\">Buy now on Waterstones<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The first English ambassador arrived in Mughal India in 1616, desperate to establish a trade treaty. 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