Question : Name the French jeweller who travelled to India at least six times during the Mughal period.
Option 1: Antoni de Montserrat
Option 2: Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
Option 3: Seydi Ali Reis
Option 4: Peter Mundy
Correct Answer: Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
Solution : The correct option is Jean-Baptiste Tavernier .
France's Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605–1689), a diamond trader and adventurer, lived in the 17th century. Between 1630 and 1668, Tavernier, a private man, and trader who journeyed at his own expense, travelled to Persia, and India six times. He contrasted India's commercial circumstances to those of Iran, and the Ottoman Empire since he was particularly interested in them.
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