A. Pritula

The Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

HSE University, Moscow, Russia

E‑mail: pritulanna@gmail.com

Āyina‑yi Ḥaqq‑namā, a Persian‑Language Treatise by Jerome Xavier, and Its Manuscripts in St. Petersburg Collections

Abstract. The article discusses Ayina‑yi Haqq‑nama (“Mirror Showing the Truth”), a Persian‑language apologetic treatise by Jerome Xavier (1549—1617), a Jesuit missionary at the court of the Great Mughals, who was in communication with the emperors Akbar and Jahangir. The article focuses mainly on the manuscripts in St. Petersburg collections that have been little‑studied, although they contain very important data on the textual history of the work in question.

Keywords: Jesuit mission, Great Mughals, Jerome Xavier, apologetic treatise, Christian‑Muslim controversy

Acknowledgements. I am grateful to Olga V. Vassilieva and Dr. Francis Richard for their help in this study.

DOI: 10.31250/1238-5018-2022-28-2-11-24

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 Received by the Editorial Board: 12.02.2022