History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c83.s8.45

v5.c83.s8.45

"Sir John Gayer wrote to the governor of Surat, refusing to pay anything for the past piracies or to engage the English alone to make good all future losses caused by the robbers at sea. But he offered to furnish convoys for Mokha ships as he had already done. The Dutch threatened to abandon the Surat trade rather than pay the damages."