Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?

The incorrect pairing is Akbar : Sir Thomas Roe. Sir Thomas Roe was sent as the English ambassador to the Mughal court of Jahangir in 1615 and stayed there until 1619, so he was associated with Jahangir rather than Akbar [2]. By contrast, William Hawkins did visit Jahangir’s court early in the 17th century and received a favourable reception, correctly matching Jahangir with Hawkins [1]. Jean-Baptiste Tavernier is recorded as visiting the court of Shah Jahan (and later Aurangzeb) multiple times, so Shah Jahan : Tavernier is correctly matched . Aurangzeb’s association with the Venetian traveller Niccolò Manucci is also a standard attribution, making option (2) the only mismatched pair.

Sources

1. [2] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 3: Advent of the Europeans in India > Foothold in West and South > p. 38
2. [1] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 3: Advent of the Europeans in India > Portuguese Lose Favour with the Mughals > p. 30