The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.89

v4.c20.89

In October, 1688, Child appeared with a fleet before Swally (the landing place for Surat) demanding compensation, but the governor suddenly put the English factors and their Indian brokers in prison, and invested their factory. Child went back after capturing the Indian shipping on the coast. The Mughul government in reply kept the captive Englishmen at Surat in chains for sixteen months (December 1688–April, 1690). At the same time, the Sīdī of Janjīra, as Mughul admiral, landed on Bombay island, occupied its outlying parts, and hemmed the English garrison within the fort. Child, therefore, made an abject submission. The emperor by an order dated 4 January, 1690, restored the English to their old position in the Indian trade on condition of paying a fine of 150,000 rupees and restoring the prizes taken by them at sea.