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Thomas Roe
Sir Thomas Roe (1581–1644), English diplomat and explorer; ambassador to Mughal emperor Jahangir at Agra 1615–1619, later ambassador to the Ottoman a…
Timeline
- 1581–1614London · LondonFrom Kent, trained in law and foreign languages, involved in various overseas and court affairs before 1614, and in 1615 chosen as the first formal ambassador to the Mughals.
- 1615–1619Agra · AgraArrived at Surat in February 1615 and then went to Agra to meet Jahangir. Between 1615 and 1619 he negotiated trade privileges for the English king and the East India Company, observed court factions including Nur Jahan, and recorded imperial finances, military and diplomacy. Though he obtained no general trading edict, he secured certain commercial concessions.
- 1620–1644London · LondonAfter returning to England in 1619 he served successively as ambassador to the Ottoman Empire and the Holy Roman Empire, among other posts, and died in London in 1644. His Mughal embassy reports were long cited by European scholars.
Sources
- Sir Thomas Roe https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Roe
- The Embassy of Sir Thomas Roe to the Court of the Great Mogul, 1615-1619 — Thomas Roe (1899)