MOLUCCA ISLANDS, Albuquerque's expedition to explore, 109. MOMBASSA, made tributary by Almeida, 34: conquered by Nuno da Cunha, 178. MONOMOTAPA, Barreto's expedition to, 200. MOORS, Portuguese wars with, in Europe, 18: in Morocco, 18, 19, 45, 46, 201. MOPLAS, Arab merchants on Malabar Coast, intrigue against Portuguese at Calicut, 25: murder Correa, 27: at Quilon, 32, 35: at Ponáni, 36: at Cannanore, 38: not favoured by Hindu rulers, 65: of Calicut ruined, 129: their position in India, 149. MORADIAS, Albuquerque's power to grant, 64. MORENO, Lourenço, Factor at Cochin, advises abandonment of Goa, 113. MOROCCO, Portuguese expeditions to, 18, 19: Albuquerque's service in, 45, 46: Sebastian's death in, 201. MOZAMBIQUE, Da Gama at, 24: Albuquerque sails direct to, 47: capital of a Portuguese government, 200. MUGHAL Emperors not in power when Portuguese reached India, 17, 165. MUHAMMAD, Albuquerque's plan to carry off the body of, 128. MUHAMMAD SHÁH II, King of the Deccan, conquers Goa, 74. MUHAMMAD SHÁH III, King of Gujarát, besieges Diu, 181, 182, 186: defeated by João de Castro, 186: makes peace with the Portuguese, 194. MUHAMMADANS, Portuguese in Asia a check on their advance in Europe, 15, 16: not concentrated in India, when Portuguese arrived, 17: controlled the early trade routes, 20: war with, the keynote of Emmanuel's and Albuquerque's policy, 33, 48, 66, 67, 74, 95, 103, 104, 125, 149-152: Da Gama's cruelty towards, 29: Albuquerque's cruelty towards, 54, 58, 79, 88: Albuquerque willing to be tolerant to, 151, 169: their divisions in Asia a cause of Portuguese success, 78, 150, 165, 166, 206. MUSCAT, taken by Albuquerque, 54: Arabs from, plunder Diu, 204. MUZAFFAR SHÁH II, submission of Málik Ayaz to, 129: Albuquerque sends envoys to, 132, 133. NAIRS, a military class on Malabar coast, 25: repulse Portuguese attack on Calicut, 68, 69: Portuguese did not persecute, 206. NARSINGHA. _See_ VIJAYANAGAR. NEGAPATAM, taken by the Dutch, 203. NESTORIAN CHRISTIANS, a military class on Malabar Coast, 17, 24, 65, 165: condemned by Synod of Diamper, 193. NILE, Albuquerque's scheme for altering the course of the, 128. NINACHATU, his kindness to Portuguese prisoners, 99: made chief of the Hindu community at Malacca, 106, 110. NOGUEIRA, Francisco, Captain of Calicut, 130. NORONHA, Dom Affonso de, Albuquerque's nephew, Captain of Socotra, 51: wrecked off coast of Gujarát, 83, 84, 121, 164. NORONHA, Dom Affonso de, Viceroy, 194. NORONHA, Dom Antão de, Viceroy, 196: builds new wall at Goa, 198. NORONHA, Dom Antonio de, Albuquerque's nephew, his support of Albuquerque, 52: gallantry at Calayate, 58: commands reserve at Calicut, 68: saves the Portuguese army, 69: storms Panjim, 76: Captain of Goa, 76: death and character, 80, 81. NORONHA, Dom Antonio de, Viceroy with reduced powers, 199, 200.