Storia do Mogor 281.9.6

281.9.6

As soon as the Portuguese heard that the Mogul had occupied the kingdom of Gulkandah, they dispatched an embassy to the prince asking for a confirmation of the privileges that the previous (Qutb Shahi) king had granted them. This demand was conceded to them on condition of paying dues in the way the Dutch paid them at Masulipatam. At the end of August, 1702, there arrived at San Thome the deputy-governor of the whole Karnatik. His name was Mahamud Sahid (Muhammad Sa'id). This noble was very ill, and came to me at San Thome in the hope of my treating him for his complaint. I carried this out with such success that in a short time, with God's help, he was restored to his original health. At this he was so satisfied that he paid me largely for my trouble. He gave me two hundred patacas, a horse of the same value, some lengths of silk, and the income of two villages and their hamlets, to be held during the whole time he governed the province.