The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c14.120

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9. From the Portuguese chronicles we know of other feudatory chiefs of Vijayanagara in the Karnatik, near the coast of the Arabian sea. The earliest relations of the Portuguese with these chiefs began with the King of Onor (Honore), the present Honavar¹. We do not know his name, but have information that in 1506, when the first Viceroy Dom Francisco d' Almeida was in Anjediva, on the coast of Kanara, the King of Onor sent ambassadors to him in order to seek his friendship. Later, however, Dom Francisco went from Anjediva to Onor and not being well received, burnt the town and a number of ships which he found there. The Indians defended the ships valiantly, and during the encounter the Viceroy was wounded by an arrow. The city nevertheless was captured; and its governor named Timoja, an influential person who owned many of the burnt ships, in an interview with Dom Franciso, excused the King for what had happened and offered vassalage to Portugal on his behalf². Affonso d' Albuquerque, in a letter written in 1512, writes to King Dom Manoel that "the King of Onor gives him a tribute of more than one thousand pardaos. Nevertheless", says Albuquerque, "he aids the Sabayo (the Sultan of Bijapur) against us and has always his ambassador at the latter's court"³.