Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 147: TOME I. PART II. CHAP. II.
History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 147
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1508. Twelve vessels arrive from Lisbon under Alfonso Albuquerque. The Egyptian fleet under Meer Hashim, and the Guzerat fleet under Mullik Eiaz Sooltany, engage the Portuguese fleet off Choul. The Mahomedans use grenadoes and other fireworks. Don Lorenzo Almeida, the Portuguese admiral, is killed, and his ship taken, with the loss of one hundred and forty men. The Mahomedan admiral sends a letter of condolence to the admiral's father, Don Francisco Almeida, governor-general of Goa.