[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [General histories](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general) › [Tārīkh-i Firishta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta) › [History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs) › 153 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 153: TOME I. PART II. CHAP. X. History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 153 - **Language:** English ### [153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.153) 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, 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 eight hundred seamen, against Aden on the Arabian coast. The Portuguese of Goa engage in war with the King of Beejapoor. Ankoos 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. - [Previous: 152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.152) - [Next: 154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.154) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.153) · Pramāṇa