<P> In 1614 , Roe was elected Member of Parliament for Tamworth . From 1615 to 1618 , he was ambassador to the court at Agra , India , of the Great Mughal Ruler , Jahangir . The principal object of the mission was to obtain protection for the East India Company ` s factory at Surat . At the Mughal court , Roe allegedly became a favorite of Jahangir and may have been his drinking partner . This greatly enhanced Roe 's status with the Mughals . His journal was a valuable source of information for the reign of Jahangir . </P>
<P> In 1614 , Roe was elected Member of Parliament for Tamworth . From 1615 to 1618 , he was ambassador to the court at Agra , India , of the Great Mughal Ruler , Jahangir . The principal object of the mission was to obtain protection for the East India Company ` s factory at Surat . At the Mughal court , Roe allegedly became a favorite of Jahangir and may have been his drinking partner . This greatly enhanced Roe 's status with the Mughals . His journal was a valuable source of information for the reign of Jahangir . </P>
who visited the court of jahangir in 1615
who visited the court of jahangir in 1615
Roe
Roe