Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 160: TOME I. PART IV. CHAP. IX.
History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 160
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1538. Celebrated defence of Diu by the Portuguese against the joint forces of Sooliman Agha, the Turkish admiral, with a fleet, and Khwaja Zuffur with an army by land. Nuno de Cunha prepares a fleet of one hundred and sixty sail of ships, carrying one thousand pieces of cannon, and five thousand men, to reinforce Diu. The siege is raised.