Who led the English Company's Embassy to Emperor Farrukshiyar court?1.

1.	Who led the English Company's Embassy to Emperor Farrukshiyar court?1. Thomas Roe2. Gerald Aungier3. Robert Clive4. John Surman
Answer» Correct Answer - Option 4 : John Surman The correct answer is John Surman. The Company appointed John Surman of East India Company's Patna factory, to head an embassy in the emperor Farrukhsiyar's court in 1715. Hence, option 4 is correct. He was accompanied by Edward Stephenson, Hugh Barker as secretary, the surgeon William Hamilton, and Kwaja Sarhad, an Armenian merchant. In order to get the Farman from Farrukhsiyar, gifts of 2 lakh rupees were sent from Calcutta to Patna for occasionally giving them to the emperor. The company even contemplated renaming Calcutta as Farrukhbandar and the three towns together as a pargana to be known as Farrukhabad. Later, the surgeon William Hamilton had “miraculously” cured the emperor and the Company surgeon Gabriel Boughton, whose treatment of Jahanara became successful and these all led to the Farrukhsiyar's final consent to grant the farman 1717.

Who led the English Company's Embassy to Emperor Farrukshiyar court?1. Thomas Roe2. Gerald Aungier3. Robert Clive4. John Surman

Answer» Correct Answer - Option 4 : John Surman

The correct answer is John Surman.

The Company appointed John Surman of East India Company's Patna factory, to head an embassy in the emperor Farrukhsiyar's court in 1715. Hence, option 4 is correct.
He was accompanied by Edward Stephenson, Hugh Barker as secretary, the surgeon William Hamilton, and Kwaja Sarhad, an Armenian merchant.
In order to get the Farman from Farrukhsiyar, gifts of 2 lakh rupees were sent from Calcutta to Patna for occasionally giving them to the emperor.
The company even contemplated renaming Calcutta as Farrukhbandar and the three towns together as a pargana to be known as Farrukhabad.
Later, the surgeon William Hamilton had “miraculously” cured the emperor and the Company surgeon Gabriel Boughton, whose treatment of Jahanara became successful and these all led to the Farrukhsiyar's final consent to grant the farman 1717.