A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c17.s6.14

c17.s6.14

Firishtah gives no dates for the two last of the events above noted, but the submission of Amîr Barîd to the Âdil Shâh apparently did not take place till 1529, for Barros¹ implies that it occurred after an event which cannot have happened earlier than 1529—namely, an attack on Ponda by three Hindu chiefs, which led to the inhabitants appealing for help to the then governor of Goa, Nuno da Cunha. Da Cunha was not governor till 1529. “*At this time,*” writes the historian, “Melique Verido² submitted to the Hidalchan, by advice of Madre Maluco and Cota Maluco, and came to his camp in poor clothes, and flung himself at his feet.” This evidently refers to what occurred after the Barîd’s capture by the Âdil Shâh, if Firishtah’s story is true.³