Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 185: TOME III. PART I. CHAP. VIII.
History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 185
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A. D. 1592. Matthias de Albuquerque viceroy. Boorhan Nizam Shah attacks the Portuguese at Choul. Gallant defence made by about one thousand five hundred Europeans and one thousand five hundred natives within the fort The siege is raised by the garrison, on which occasion five elephants and seventy-five pieces of heavy cannon are taken. The Ahmudnuggur general, Furhad Khan, with his wife and family, are made prisoners. His wife is ransomed, but Furhad Khan and his daughter become converts, and proceed to Lisbon.