Portuguese ships attacked by Islamic pirates

In 1505, Almeida, appointed as the viceroy of the Indian coast by the Portuguese king, arrived with 1,500 troops and a large fleet. He was the first to change the attitude of aggression and bring the practice of peaceful trade, which was considered the policy of the Portuguese. He also heard about the great empire of Vijayanagar. Lorenzo l, the son of Viceroy Almeida, asked King Narasimha for permission to build a fort in Bhatkal, but the king refused. Sabayo, the governor of Adilshah in Bijapur, was at war with Narasimha of Vijayanagar at that time. Vijayanagar was then a city with all the appearance of a metropolis. The city was known for its military prowess, wealth, and prosperity. There were forty thousand soldiers who were always ready, about four hundred elephants, and about six men on each elephant. Through the equal distribution of wealth, the ordinary people experienced the king's administrative skills. Meanwhile, forty-eight Portuguese traders were killed in an Islamic attack in Kozhikode. Following this, in March 1506, the Portuguese navy attacked the naval forces of the Calicut Zamorin and the Islamic invaders who had taken refuge there. The Muslims attacked the Portuguese with the support of the Arab merchants in alliance with the Zamorin. The Arab merchants feared that the Portuguese would destroy their trade monopoly with India. So some of the Zamorin's relatives who were paid by the Arabs were able to turn the Zamorin against the Portuguese. The war with the Portuguese led to the destruction of Kozhikode port. Islamic robbers from Kozhikode attacked and set fire to a Portuguese factory in Kannur. In retaliation, the following year, the Almeida-Da Cunha alliance successfully invaded Kozhikode again. Albuquerque, a Portuguese sailor, was severely confronted by Islamic pirates who attacked Portuguese ships in the Arabian Sea. In the latter part of 1509, he succeeded Almeida as Governor of Portuguese India. Diego Lopez de Sequeira assumed the post of Viceroy of the King of Portugal off the east coast of Kanyakumari.

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Seven Forts of Vijayanagar Empire

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