Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Vol. I, Part I: History of Gujarat c13.5

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Permission was also given to the Portuguese to build in Diu. In consideration of these terms the Portuguese agreed to furnish Bahādur with 500 Europeans of whom fifty were men of note. According to the Portuguese historian it was solely because of this Portuguese help that Bahādur succeeded in driving the Mughals out of Gujarāt. Bahādur's cession of land in Diu to the Portuguese was for the purpose of building a mercantile factory. From the moment Bahādur discovered they had raised formidable fortifications, especially when by the withdrawal of the Mughals he no longer had any motive for keeping on terms with them, he resolved to wrest the fort out of the hands of the Portuguese. On the plea of separating the natives from the Europeans, Bahādur instructed his governor of Diu to build a wall with a rampart capable of being mounted with guns. But as this created much dispute and ill-will the rampart was given up. Bahādur next attempted to seize Emanuel de Souza the captain of Diu fort. With this object he invited DeSouza to his camp. DeSouza was warned but determined to accept Bahādur's invitation. He went attended by only one servant, an act of courage which