The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.50
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.50
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The sailors of the Bengal *nawwara* felt such a terror of the pirates that whenever a hundred war-boats of the former sighted only four of the latter, the Bengal crews thought themselves lucky if they could save their lives by flight. Latterly the Rājā of Arakan had ceased to send his own fleet to plunder Mughul territory, as he considered the Feringi pirates in the light of his servants and shared the booty with them half and half.¹