The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c27.562

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Portuguese, aggression on Gujarāt, 103; offer gifts to Akbar, 105; missions to Akbar, 121; Akbar's attacks on in Gujarāt, 128, 129; priests sent to Akbar, 139; denounce English to Akbar, 151, 152; claim to command seas, defeated by Downton, 162; oppose English at Jahāngīr's court, 163; Roe attempts to get them out of Gujarāt, 166; refuse help to Shāh Jahān in rebellion, 172; their trade at Hooghly, 190; disliked by Shāh Jahān and besieged in Hooghly, 191; losses at Hooghly, 192, 217; besieged in Portuguese (*continued*) Damān and Diu, 200; in conflict with Bījāpur, 209; buyers of indigo, 218; Methwold's convention with, 219; pirates in Bengal and Arakan, 236–7, 478; invaded by Shambhūjī, 282; stop A'zam's attack on Goa, 283; agree not to support Marāthās, 296; attacked by Marāthās in Konkan, 356, 404–6; by Angria, 394; their possessions in Konkan, 404; pillage Arakan, 477; settle at Chittagong, overthrown at Sandwīp, 478; piracy in Bengal, 479; influence in Ceylon, 480; in lower Burma, 482; in Siam, 484; at siege of Ayuthia, 488; destroy Buddha Tooth of Ceylon, 489; at Syriam, and near Shwebo, 494–5; expelled from Malacca, colony at Mergui, 500