History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c64.s10.15

v4.c64.s10.15

Then Shambhuji played a dirty trick. He bribed an Arab admiral of Masqat to fall on the E. I. Co.'s ship *President* (Captain Hide), with two ships and four large ghurabs off Sangameshwar (16th January 1683.) But the English defended themselves gallantly and put the Arabs to flight with the loss of 700 men killed, 3 ships sunk and the other three "miserably shattered." The victors lost 11 killed and 35 wounded, chiefly by a fire caused by the explosion of an enemy ghurab close by. Shambhu disavowed all knowledge of the outrage and expressed sympathy for the English. (Surat to Co. 10th April 1683, F.R. Surat 91, &c.)