It was an unusual love affair between a woman of Portuguese origin and a Mughal prince. They employed the services of Juliana to convince Shah Alam against collaborating with the French. Tewari and Chauhan stumbled upon the diplomatic role of this Portuguese Catholic lady in the eighties and spent four decades to write arguably the most comprehensive documentation of Mughal, Portuguese, British, Dutch and French interaction in India. "Aurangzeb entrusted the education of Prince Muazzam (later Shah Alam), his second son, to Juliana. "Besides her diplomatic services, the book also documents the financial help extended by Juliana to the Portuguese.
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