[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) › 156 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 156: TOME I. PART III. CHAP. VI. History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 156 - **Language:** English ### [156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.156) A. D. 1521. Another attempt to take Diu is unsuccessful. The Portuguese fleet is defeated and dispersed by the Guzerat fleet, with the loss of one ship. Permission is obtained by the Portuguese from the King of Ahmudnuggur to build a factory at Choul, for the purpose of importing Arabian and Persian horses. Mullik Eiaz, the Guzerat admiral, falls in with and defeats the Portuguese fleet off Choul, sinking one of its vessels. The Guzerat admiral continues for twenty days off the port, and interrupts all communication between the persons constructing the factory on shore and the Portuguese fleet. - [Previous: 155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.155) - [Next: 157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.157) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.156) · Pramāṇa