Riyaz al-salatin 118.4

118.4

First, the ships from Egypt arrived in the port of Deo, and uniting with the ships of Gujrat set out for Jabul, which was the rendezvous of the Portuguese. And some ships of the Samiri and some ships of Goa and Dabil having also joined them, they kindled the fire of war; but suddenly, one warship full of the Portuguese quietly sailed up from the rear. The Portuguese commenced a cannonade, and converted the sea into a zone of fire. Malik Ayaz, ruler of Deo, and Amir Husain were obliged to fight with them, but failed to effect anything. Some Egyptian galleys were captured, and the Musalmans drank the potion of martyrdom, whilst the Portuguese triumphantly steered back to their own ports. Inasmuch as at that period, Sultan Salim, Khaqan of Rum (Turkey), defeated the Ghoriah Sultan of Egypt, and the empire of the latter came to an end, the Samiri who was the promoter of this war lost heart, and the Portuguese acquired complete domination. In the month of Ramzan, 915 A.H., the Portuguese proceeded to Kalikot, set fire to the Cathedral Mosque, and swept the town with the broom of plunder. But on the following day, the Malabarese collecting together attacked the Christians, killed five hundred leading Portuguese, and drowned many of them in the sea. Those who escaped the sword fled to the port of Kolam, and intriguing with the Chief of that place, at a distance of half a farsakh from that town, erected a small fort, and entrenched themselves there.