The Treaty of Baçaim was signed by
Sultan Bahadur of Gujarat
Qutb-ud-Din Bahadur Shah, born Bahadur Khan was a sultan of the Muzaffarid dynasty who reigned over the Gujarat Sultanate, a late medieval kingdom in India from 1526 to 1535 and again from 1536 to 1537. He ascended to throne after competing with h ...
and the
Kingdom of Portugal on 23 December 1534 while on board the
galleon
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''São Mateus''. Based on the terms of the agreement, the
Portuguese Empire
The Portuguese Empire ( pt, Império Português), also known as the Portuguese Overseas (''Ultramar Português'') or the Portuguese Colonial Empire (''Império Colonial Português''), was composed of the overseas colonies, factories, and the ...
gained control of the city of
Baçaim, as well as its territories, islands, and seas. The
Ilhas de Bombaim which were ruled from
Portuguese Goa
Old Goa ( Konkani: ; pt, Velha Goa, translation='Old Goa') is a historical site and city situated on the southern banks of the River Mandovi, within the Tiswadi ''taluka'' (''Ilhas'') of North Goa district, in the Indian state of Goa.
T ...
included
Colabá Grande,
Colabá Pequeno,
Bombaim,
Mazagão,
Vorlim,
Matungá, and
Mahim.
Salsette,
Damão é Div,
Thane
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,
Kalyan, and
Chaul were other territories controlled and settled by the Portuguese.
At the time, the cession of
Bombay
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was of minor importance, but it gained a crucial importance when the place passed from the Portuguese to the English in 1661 as part of the dowry of
Catherine of Braganza, and became a major trade center, making this the treaty's most important long-term result.
See also
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List of treaties
This list of treaties contains known agreements, pacts, peaces, and major contracts between states, armies, governments, and tribal groups.
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Military history of Bassein
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Basse ...
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