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Portuguese Conquest Of Daman
The Portuguese conquest of Daman was a military campaign undertaken by the Portuguese Empire against the city of Daman, in India, until then owned by the Gujarat Sultanate, Sultanate of Gujarat. The Portuguese captured the city. Context Upon assuming office as viceroy of India, Dom Constantino de Bragança sought to reinforce the security of Portuguese Fort Vasai, Bassein by establishing a new stronghold at nearby Daman, which the Portuguese governor of India Francisco Barreto had previously obtained from the Sultan of Gujarat Ahmad Shah III as a concession but was unable to take possession of it due to the resistance of the lord of the territory, whom the Portuguese identified as ''Cide Bofata'', who rebelled against the decision of the sultan and gathered 4000 men to defend it. The viceroy therefore sailed with a force of 100 ships to take Daman by force. The campaign Upon landing at Daman, the Siddi Bofeta had the resident Christians beheaded for suspecting collusion with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gujarati–Portuguese Conflicts
Gujarati–Portuguese conflicts refers to the armed engagements between the Portuguese Empire and the Gujarat Sultanate, Sultanate of Gujarat, in India, that took place from 1508 until Gujarat was annexed by the Mughal Empire in 1573. Context When Vasco da Gama made landfall in India in 1498, the Sultanate of Gujarat was one of the main commercial and maritime powers of India and the Indian Ocean. The region marketed various textiles, indigo, sugar and other commodities which were in high demand in Asia and Europe. The geography of central and southern Gujarat was particularly well suited for the production of valuable cash-crops like cotton and indigo.Ghulam A. Nadri:The Dynamics of Port-Hinterland Relationships in Eighteenth-Century Gujarat in ''Hinterlands and Commodities: Place, Space, Time and the Political Economic Development of Asia over the Long Eighteenth Century'', BRILL, 2014, p. 87. A large number of Gujarati merchants lived in east-Africa in Malindi but also in Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
