The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c7.s6.112

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In 1612 the Moghals besieged Daman, Bassein and Chaul, and desolated the surrounding country, and peace was purchased only by concessions and presents,⁷ although the Portuguese of the Máhim and Tárápur districts are said to have defended themselves valiantly.⁸ Bassein is spoken of by a Muhammadan historian of that time as a Moghal port, though in the hands of the Portuguese.⁹ The Emperor Sháh Jahán was however as favourable to the Portuguese as Akbar had been¹⁰ and no further hostilities by the Moghals against them appear to have taken place till near the end of the century under Aurungzeb, when great cruelties were committed.