(c) Jahangir called William Hawkins‘English Khan’. This English Khanwas able to persuade the emperor to grant a commission for an English factory at Surat, but under the pressure of the Portuguese Viceroy, the grant was withdrawn.Hawkins lived in the court of Mughal emperor till 1611, tried to reverse the orders, but the Portuguese influence over the King was impregnable. He returned in disgust on November, 1611. He died a couple of years later.