Riyaz al-salatin 118.6

118.6

After this, with the support of all the Musalmans of Malabar, he advanced to Kalikot, besieged the fort of the Portuguese, and fighting bravely defeated the latter, and stormed their fort. In consequence, the power and prestige of the Malabarese Musalmans grew, and without any pass from the Portuguese they despatched on their own behalf vessels loaded with pepper and ginger to the ports of Arabia. In the year 938 A.H., the Portuguese erected a fort at Jaliat, which is six karoh from Kalikot; and the passage of ships from Malabar was thereby rendered difficult. Similarly, the Christians in those years, during the reign of Burhan Nizam Shah, erecting a fort at Raikundah close to the port of Jabiil, settled down there. In the year 943 A.H., erecting a fort also at Kadatklor, the Christians acquired much power. At this time, Sultan Sulaiman, son of Sultan Salim of Turkey, planned to turn out the Portuguese from the ports of India, and to take possession thereof himself. Accordingly, in the year 944 A.H., he sent his Vazir, Sulaiman Pasha, with a fleet of one hundred warships to the port of Aden, in order to take it first, as it formed the key to the maritime position of India, and then to proceed to the ports of India. Sulaiman Pasha in that year wresting the port of Aden from Shaikh Daud, and slaying the latter, sailed out for the port of Deo, and commenced warfare.