The Fort São Bartolomeu (''Fortaleza de São Bartolomeu'' in Portuguese) is a military structure erected on the northeast of the Chorão Island, in Goa.Manoel José Gabriel Saldanha:
História de Goa: História política
', Asian Educational Services, 1990, p.276. Presumed to have been originally built when Goa was ruled by the Muslim

Bahmani Sultanate The Bahmani Kingdom or the Bahmani Sultanate was a late medieval Persianate kingdom that ruled the Deccan plateau in India. The first independent Muslim sultanate of the Deccan, the Bahmani Kingdom came to power in 1347 during the rebellio ...

or the

Sultanate of Bijapur The Sultanate of Bijapur was an early modern kingdom in the western Deccan and South India, ruled by the Muslim Adil Shahi (or Adilshahi) dynasty. Bijapur had been a ''taraf'' (province) of the Bahmani Kingdom prior to its independence in 1490 ...

, it was subsequently occupied and renamed by the Portuguese after the territory was conquered in 1510.José Nicolau da Fonseca:
An Historical and Archæological Sketch of the City of Goa: Preceded by a Short Statistical Account of the Territory of Goa
', Thacker & Company, limited, 1878, p.50. The original structure was demolished and the new fort built in 1720. It defended the fording point between the islands of Calvim and Penelem.Joaquim Pedro Celestino Soares:
Bosquejo das possessoes portuguezas no Oriente
', Imprensa nacional, 1851, p.31. It was equipped with 11 guns. In 1811 it was in ruins.

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