Niccolao Manucci | |
|---|---|
 Portrait of Manucci, National Library of France, Cabinet of Prints, Paris. | |
| Born | 19 April 1638 Venice, now Metropolitan City of Venice, Italy |
| Died | 1717 (aged 79) Monte Grande, Chennai (present-day Tamil Nadu, India) |
| Occupation | Physician, Historian, Geographer, Explorer |
| Years active | c. 1660–1717 |
| Notable works | Storia do Mogor (1698) |
| Signature | |
 | |
Niccolao Manucci (19 April 1638 – 1717) was a Venetian writer, a self-taught physician, and traveller, who wrote accounts of the Mughal Empire as a first-hand witness. His work is considered to be one of the most useful foreign sources for the events that took place in India under Mughal rule. He also documented folk beliefs and customs of the period.[1]
- ^ Niccolò Manucci (1965). Storia do Mogor: or, Mogul India, 1653–1708. by Niccolao Manucci. Translated with introd. and notes by William Irvine. Editions.