The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.52
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.52
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Bernier describes these Portuguese as "Christians only in name; the lives led by them were most detestable, massacring or poisoning one another without compunction or remorse". During their raids they practised fiendish cruelty on the people, men, women and children, whom they could catch, and their name *Harmād* (= Armada) is associated with horror and loathing in contemporary Bengali literature. Their ravages caused great loss to the imperial revenue and prestige in Bengal.