Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 349.10

349.10

In the year 941 they took possession of the ports of Swally and Daman, and of the island of Diu, in Guzerat, from Bahadur Shah, as has been already related in the history of that monarch; and in the year 943 they attacked the town of Cranganore, and built a fort, notwithstanding the efforts of Samiry to prevent it. At this time, Sooliman, the Grand Signior of Constantinople, resolved, if possible, to deprive the Portuguese of the trade to India, and to attack their factories, after which he proposed to conquer the empire of Hindoostan. For this purpose he appointed his Vizier, Sooliman Aga, to the command of an armament, consisting of upwards of one hundred vessels, which sailed from the Red Sea in the year 944. Sooliman Aga first attacked and took the port of Adun, which lies at the mouth of the Red Sea, whence he sailed towards the island of Diu, in Guzerat; but finding, on his arrival, that his treasury was low, and his provisions nearly exhausted, he was compelled, after a few days, to return, without accomplishing his purpose.