Johan Albrecht de Mandelslo
Male, Deceased Person
1616 – 1644
Who was Johan Albrecht de Mandelslo?
Johan Albrecht de Mandelslo was a seventeenth-century German adventurer, who wrote about his travels through Persia and India. Born at Schönberg in Mecklenburg, Germany. After traveling to Isfahan with a diplomatic mission, he separated from the party and made his way to India, where he made interesting observations on the Mughal Empire, then ruled by Shah Jahan. In 1638, Mandelslo visited the ruins at Persepolis in Persia; his name and the year can be found inscribed in the Gate of All Nations at the entrance to the site. Arriving at the port of Surat in April 1638, he moved on to Ahmedabad and Agra. While his observations of life in the capital are useful, he apparently heard nothing about the Taj Mahal, then in its sixth year of construction. The omission may stem from his premature departure from the city, prompted by a chance meeting with the relative of a man he had killed in Persia. Fearing reprisals, he retreated to Lahore before continuing his journey through the empire's southern provinces and travelling on to the Far East. Mandelslo is an engaging and cheerful writer, whose enthusiasm for indiscriminately shooting wildlife did not endear him to his Indian travelling companions.
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- Born
- May 15, 1616
Schönberg, Lauenburg - Nationality
- Germany
- Died
- May 16, 1644
Paris
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on July 23, 2013
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