Storia do Mogor 281.7.3

281.7.3

This reply caused much irritation to the governor, who wrote [23] to the King of Gulkandah upon the subject. In his letter he complained of the Portuguese and their ways, and painted them in such colours that the king sent him an order to invest the place and take it out of their possession. As soon as the order arrived, it was put into execution. The first thing done by Raja Culy (Riza Qull) was to bar the entry into the town of all food-supplies. After forty days it dawned upon the Portuguese that they were dependent upon some one else than their king. At last they were obliged to capitulate in default of provisions, and the Mahomedans became masters of the place. They carried away such artillery as they had need of, and the poor Portuguese found their families dispersed in all directions. Some time afterwards the King of Gulkandah sent to Mecca two princesses related to him to be married to the Sharif of that place. In the latitude of Sokotra they were captured and carried to Goa by a Portuguese vessel which was on a voyage from Portugal. The viceroy, Antonio de Mello de Castro, confiscated all the property found in the ship which was conveying these ladies. The present sent by the King of Gulkandah to the shrine of the false prophet, and the dowry of the princesses, formed the greater part of it, in addition to all the cargo with which the vessel was laden. When the vessel arrived at Goa, the ladies were sent to the convent of St. Monica.