Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 180: TOME III. PART I. CHAP. I.

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Don Francis Mascarena viceroy of India. A Mogul force from Surat attacks Daman, but is repulsed. Five ships arrive from Portugal. Moozuffur Shah, the ex-king of Guzerat, returns to his country, and with the aid of the Jam of Nowanuggur raises an army of thirty thousand men, and recovers great part of his kingdom. He besieges Baroach. The Portuguese send two secret missions, one to the ex-king, the other to his enemy, in order to take advantage of circumstances. The Moguls prevail. The ship of Don John de Castro, the son of the celebrated governor-general of that name, is attacked by two Malabar prows, and blows up during the action. Cufocan (perhaps Ghuffbor Khan), the son of the Prince Mulloo Khan at Goa, aspires to the throne of Beejapoor. James Lopez Bayam, a Portuguese in the service of the King of Beejapoor, arrives at Goa, obtains possession of the Prince, and puts out his eyes, in conformity with an engagement made by him at Beejapoor.