The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.5

v3.c29.5

The condition of Bījāpur at the time of the accession, at the age of thirteen, of Ismā‘īl ‘Ādil Shāh was deplorable. All power was in the hands of the minister, Kamāl Khān, a Deccani, who re-established the Sunni religion and was preparing to cede the old province of Gulbarga to Amīr ‘Alī Barīd in order that he might establish his own independence in the rest of the kingdom. The Portuguese captured Goa on March 5, 1510, and the young Ismā‘īl recovered it on May 20, but in November the Portuguese returned, recaptured it, and established themselves permanently in the port.