TOME I. PART II. CHAP. III.

Seventeen ships sail from Lisbon. Don Alfonso Albuquerque appointed governor-general. Don Francisco Almeida quits Goa with a fleet of nineteen vessels, and sixteen hundred men, of which eight hundred are natives, * to attack

1508.

the Mahomedans. He lands and burns Dabul on the 20th of December, but is unable to take the fort. He takes a Mahomedan vessel in Bombay harbour, and reaches Diù on the

Feb. 2.
A. D.
1509.

2d of February. A sanguinary action ensues with the Turks, in which the Portuguese are victorious. The Portuguese massacre all their prisoners. Vast numbers of books are found in the captured vessels of the enemy. The governor of Diù sends one Syud Ally to congratulate the Portuguese admiral. A truce concluded. All the Turkish cannon sent ashore to Diù, and delivered over to the King of Guzerat.

TOME I. PART II. CHAP. IV.

Jan. 2.
1510. Fifteen additional ships of war arrive in India from Lisbon. Almeida is killed during his return to Portugal. Albuquerque and Coutinho, on the 2d of January, attack Ca-licut. They are repulsed, Coutinho and eighty Europeans losing their lives on the occasion: among the wounded is Alfonso Albuquerque.

TOME I. PART II. CHAP. V.

Feb. 20. Albuquerque resolves to take Goa from (Sabayo) Yoosoof Adil Shah Savaee. Is assisted by Timoja of Canara. Goa is taken on the 20th of February. Vast quantities of cannon and military stores found therein. Goa retaken from the Portuguese in May,

Nov. 22.
A. D.
1510.

after a siege of twenty days. Thirteen ships arrive from Europe to reinforce Albuquerque. He proceeds with twenty-three sail of vessels, and fifteen hundred soldiers, assisted by Mad-hoo Row, the admiral of Timoja, to attack Goa. Goa recaptured by the Portuguese. The civil administration of the country is intrusted to Timoja and Mally Row, the nephew of the Raja of Onore. * The Portuguese intermarry with the inhabitants of Goa, and have lands allotted to them.

TOME I. PART II. CHAP. VI.

Albuquerque sails to the Arabian coast with nineteen vessels manned by eight hundred Portuguese, and six hundred natives of Malabar. Goa is left under charge of Rodrigo, with four hundred Europeans in the fort, and Mally Row with five thousand Hindoos.

TOME I. PART II. CHAP. VII.

1511. Albuquerque proceeds to the eastern archipelago. Is opposed at Malacca by a people using cannon, who defend their streets by mining with gunpowder. At sea he finds them employing floats of wildfire, and many of the implements of modern warfare. On the island of Java, the King, Mahomed, had brought “three thousand guns to bear, out of eight thousand he had to rely on.” Albuquerque returns to Goa, which he finds besieged by the troops of the King of Beeja-

Feb. 18.

poor. The latter are repulsed. Twenty ships, manned by one thousand seven hundred Portuguese, and eight hundred Canaras and Malabars, proceed to Aden, and capture thirty-seven pieces of cannon. Albuquerque anchors off

August.

Diù in the month of August, and obtains permission from the governor, Mullik Eiaz, to establish a mercantile factory.

TOME I. PART II. CHAP. X.

March 26.
A. D.
1514. Albuquerque sails to Ormuz with a fleet of twenty-seven sail, containing fifteen hundred Europeans and six hundred native Canaras and Malabars. Shah Ismael Sofy, King of Persia. Albuquerque is recalled to Lisbon,

Dec. 16.
1515.

falls sick, and dies at Goa. Twelve vessels arrive from Lisbon; also thirteen vessels, with fifteen hundred soldiers. The Portuguese officers first begin to trade; which De Souza considers the first step to the downfall of the Portuguese power in India. Lope Soarez, governor-general, sails with twenty-seven ships, conveying twelve hundred Portuguese soldiers, eight hundred native soldiers, and

1515.

eight hundred seamen, against Aden on the Arabian coast. The Portuguese of Goa engage in war with the King of Beejapoor. An-koos Khan, the Beejapoor general, descends into the Concan with a large army. The Portuguese attack the enemy at Ponda. One of the enemy's generals is gained over by the Portuguese. The Beejapoor army retires.

TOME I. PART III. CHAP. II.

A. D.
1517. The Portuguese first reach China. They learn that the people had cannon, and the art of printing, long before it was known in

Feb. 13.
1518.

Europe. A Portuguese fleet of twenty-four sail, manned by eighteen hundred Europeans, and as many native Canaras and Malabars, proceeds to the Red Sea. Krishn Ray, Raja of Beejanuggur, invades the territory of the King of Beejapoor, in order to attack Ra-chore. His army is described to consist of seven hundred and thirty-three thousand infantry†, * twelve thousand water-carriers, and five hundred and eighty elephants. Forty of the European Portuguese in the service of the King of Beejapoor are killed in one action; in which the Hindoos capture four thousand horses, one hundred elephants, and four hundred pieces of cannon.

TOME I. PART III. CHAP. IV.

1520. Ruy De Melo, the governor of Goa, occupies a part of the continent with two hundred and fifty cavalry, and eight hundred Canara infantry.

A Portuguese fleet, consisting of forty-eight vessels, containing three thousand Europeans and eight hundred natives of Malabar, sail to occupy Diù; but the expedition is repulsed, and totally fails.

TOME I. PART III. CHAP. VI.

A. D.
1521. Another attempt to take Diù is unsuccessful. The Portuguese fleet is defeated and dispersed by the Guzerat fleet, with the loss of one ship. Permission is obtained by the Portuguese from the King of Ahmudnuggur to build a factory at Choul, for the purpose of importing Arabian and Persian horses. Mul-lik Eiaz, the Guzerat admiral, falls in with and defeats the Portuguese fleet off Choul, sinking one of its vessels. The Guzerat admiral continues for twenty days off the port, and interrupts all communication between the persons constructing the factory on shore and the Portuguese fleet.

TOME I. PART III. CHAP. VII.

A. D.
1522. The Portuguese land at Dabul, and levy a contribution on the town. The Guzerat admiral returns to Diù. The King of Beejapoor recovers the territory occupied by the Portuguese on the continent in the neighbourhood of Goa.

TOME I. PART IV. CHAP. II.

1527. The King of Guzerat sends a fleet of eighty vessels to attack the Portuguese at Choul, who are assisted by the King of Ahmudnuggur in opposing the enemy. The Guzerat fleet is totally destroyed, losing seventy-three vessels out of the whole number, either burned, sunk, or driven ashore. The Portuguese proceed with the King of Ahmudnuggur's troops and take a fort belonging to Guzerat, which is given over to the Nizam Shahy general. Na-gotna is taken, and made over to the Nizam Shahies. The Portuguese proceed northward, and levy contributions on Tanna and Bassein, compelling both places to promise to pay annual tribute to the crown of Portugal.

TOME I. PART IV. CHAP. IV.

1529. Faria-e-Souza, the Portuguese historian, arrives in India. Positive instructions are sent from Europe to obtain possession of Diù on any

1530.

terms. Anthony de Silveira, with a fleet of fifty-one vessels of different sizes, crosses the bar of the Tapty river, and proceeds to attack Surat. Surat sacked, and twenty vessels burned. Daman burned by the Portuguese. The Portuguese repulsed with great loss in an attempt to aid the garrison of Choul against the

A. D.
1531.

Guzerat troops. Vast preparations made for attacking Diù. The fleet rendezvous in Bombay harbour. The expedition consists of four hundred sail of vessels of all descriptions, including transports, to contain three thousand six hundred European soldiers, one thousand four hundred European sailors, two thousand native Malabars and Canaras, and eight thousand Cafry soldiers, besides five thousand Indian boatmen; making six thousand four hundred sailors, and thirteen thousand six hundred land troops; in all twenty thousand two hundred

Feb. 7.
Feb. 16.

men. The fleet besieges and takes Bete, and captures sixty pieces of cannon. The fleet arrives off Diù. Desperate defence by the Mahomedans under Moostufa Khan Roomy,

March 15.

a European Turk. The Portuguese are repulsed, and return to Goa on the 15th of March. Part of the fleet under Anthony de Soldana burns Moozufurabad, lying between Bete and Diù. He lands a body of native troops at Gogo, which is repulsed, and obliged to seek shelter on board the fleet. The Prince Chand Khan, a brother of the King of Guzerat, and a pretender to the throne, joins the Portuguese. Bassein, Tarapoor, Tanna, and Mahim (Bombay), rendered tributary to Portugal. Nuno de Cunha governor-general of India. He enters into a league with Hoomayoon Padshah against Bahadur Shah, King of Guzerat.

A. D.
1534.

Daman taken by assault. Treaty of Diù concluded between the Portuguese and Bahadur Shah, consisting of the following terms: Bassein to be ceded to the Portuguese. All vessels sailing from India to pay duties at, and to take out port-clearances from, Bassein. The King of Guzerat not to assist the Turkish fleets in the Indian seas. Bahadur Shah has several Portuguese and forty Frenchmen in his service at the siege of Chittoor. He is defeated by Hoo-mayoon Padshah, and flies to Diù. The Portuguese offer him an asylum. They assist him with fifty officers and a body of four hundred and fifty European infantry. Bahadur Shah consents to allow the Portuguese to build a fortified factory. Disputes arise regarding the nature of the fortification. The fort of Diù completed. Bahadur Shah recovers his kingdom, and resolves to wrest the fort of Diù out of the hands of the Portuguese. Invites the governor-general, Nuno de Cunha, from Goa to Diù, for the purpose of seizing him. Bahadur Shah goes on board the governor-general's ship. An affray occurs between the Guzerat party and the Portuguese, in which Emanuel de Sa, the governor of Diù, is killed on board of Bahadur Shah's boat. The King leaps overboard, and he is also killed.