[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) › 155 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 155: TOME I. PART III. CHAP. IV. History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 155 - **Language:** English ### [155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.155) 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 Diu; but the expedition is repulsed, and totally fails. - [Previous: 154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.154) - [Next: 156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.156) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.155) · Pramāṇa