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When Captain William Hawkins Visited the Mughal Court of Jahangir?

When Captain William Hawkins Visited the Mughal Court of Jahangir?

A. 1606
B. 1607
C. 1609
D. None of these

In 1609, William Hawkins visited the Mughal court to secure a right to trade in Mughal ports during the reign of Jahangir. Hawkins was able to acquire a footing in the court of Jahangir and in due course of time he got so intimate with the “talented drunkard” emperor that no European had ever afterwards.