Rulers of India: AlbuquerqueStephens, H. Morse (Henry Morse)
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Rulers of India: Albuquerque
Stephens, H. Morse (Henry Morse)
Albuquerque, Afonso de, 1453-1515; India -- History -- 1000-1526; Portuguese -- India -- Biography
CRANGANORE, Almeida advises a fortress at, 40:
taken by the Dutch, 203.
CRATO, Antonio, Prior of, gets no support in India, 201.
CUNHA, Manoel da, knighted on capture of Goa, 88:
killed in battle, 111.
CUNHA, Nuno da, Governor of India, 177-183:
ability and activity, 178:
policy in Bengal, 179:
obtains Bassein, 180:
and Diu, 181:
disgrace and death, 182, 183.
CUNHA, Ruy da, ambassador to Pegu, 109.
CUNHA, Tristão da, selected to be first Viceroy, 34:
assisted in sack of Ponáni, 36:
related to Albuquerque, 43:
sent to the East with him, 48:
difference of temperament, 49:
serves with him in Africa, 50:
knighted by him, 51:
goes to India after capture of Socotra, 51, 52:
returns to Portugal, 52.
CURIATE sacked by Albuquerque, 54.
DÁBHOL, attacked by L. de Almeida, 36:
sacked by F. de Almeida, 38:
blockaded, 125, 129:
taken by João de Castro, 187.
DAMÁN taken by C. de Braganza, 195:
still belongs to Portugal, 205.
DAVID, Emperor of Abyssinia, receives Portuguese envoys, 128.
DIAMPER (Udayampura), Synod of, 193.
DIAS, Bartholomeu, doubles the Cape of Good Hope, 23.
DIAS, Ruy, executed in Goa harbour, 81.
DINIZ, King of Portugal, ancestor of Albuquerque, 41, 42.
DIU, Almeida's victory off, 38:
offered as site for a fortress, 92, 121:
refused, 133:
factory founded at, 129:
fortress built at, 181:
first siege, 181, 182:
second siege, 186:
finally ceded, 194:
plundered by Arabs, 204:
still belongs to Portugal, 205.
DIVARIM, fortress built at, 125.
DOMINGOS, Frei, Albuquerque's confessor, 141:
present at his death, 142.
DUMBES, offered to Albuquerque as site for a fortress, 133.
DUTCH, the, their position in Asia compared and contrasted with that
of the Portuguese, 28, 145-148:
first go to India, 202:
victories over the Portuguese, 203.
EÇA, Dom João de, Captain of Goa, 136.
EGYPT derived wealth from passage of Asiatic trade, 20:
sends a fleet to India, 36:
at war with the Turks, 49, 150:
Albuquerque's schemes against, 128:
fails to conquer Aden, 171:
conquered by the Turks, 177.
ELEPHANT, the first, sent from Ceylon, 35.
ELEPHANTS used in battle at Malacca, 101.
EMMANUEL, King of Portugal, said to have selected Vasco da Gama, 23:
joy at discovery of direct sea route, 25:
his original views, 27, 28:
neglects Pacheco, 32, 33:
modifies his policy and commences war on the Muhammadans, 33:
looked coldly on Albuquerque, 46:
desires to close the Red Sea to commerce, 48, 70, 94, 150, 171:
orders war against Calicut, 68, 130:
commercial greed, 84, 160:
orders Socotra to be abandoned and Aden occupied, 94:
directs arguments on the retention of Goa to be laid before a
council, 118, 119:
resolves to keep Goa, 124, 171:
supersedes Albuquerque, 124, 139:
but partially retracts, 141:
would not let Albuquerque's bones be taken to Portugal, 143:
his policy, 149, 150:
death and character, 173, 174.
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