Question

According to which of the foreign visitors "Practice of Sati was in vogue in Qutub Shahi Period"?
1. Tavernier
2. Methwold
3. Bernier
4. Thomas Bowery

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Bernier

The correct answer is Bernier.

• Bernier wrote, "Practice of Sati was in vogue in Qutub Shahi Period" after visiting the Golconda city.
• Francois Bernier was a French physician and traveller.
• He also served as the physician to the Mughal emperor, Aurangzeb.
• He also published the famous book 'Travels in Moghul India'.

Traveller	Description
Tavernier	He was a French gem merchant and traveller who visited the Golconda sultanate and the Mughal sultanate in the 17th century. He visited the court of the Great Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and made his first trip to the diamond mines.
Methwold	He was an English merchant and also an administrator of colonial India.
Thomas Bowery	He was an English merchant who visited Madras in 1669. He published the first Malay-English dictionary in 1701.