How the great Afonso Dalboquerque sent to beg of the king space in Ormuz to build a fortress, and what passed thereat, and how it was commenced where it now stands

Afonso de Albuquerque

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511697555.045

CHAPTER XXXVII - How the great Afonso Dalboquerque sent to beg of the king space in Ormuz to build a fortress, and what passed thereat, and how it was commenced where it now stands

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Afonso de Albuquerque

Translated by

Walter de Gray Birch

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Frontmatter
Contents
INTRODUCTION
CHRONOLOGY OF PART I
TITLE TO THE EDITION OF 1774, ETC.
EPISTLE DEDICATORY OF NICOLAO PAGLIARINI TO THE MARQUEZ DE POMBAL
1 Sketch of the Life and Character of Afonso Dalboquerque
2 Account of Affonso Dalboquerque, the Younger
Dedication
TITLES OF THE CHAPTERS CONTAINED IN THE FIRST PART
PART I COMMENTARIES OF AFONSO DALBOQUERQUE.
CHAPTER I How he went to India for the first time as chief captain of three vessels, and arrived at Cochim, and what further took place
CHAPTER II How the great Afonso Dalboquerque and Francisco Dalboquerque, after the skirmish, had an audience with the king upon the building of the fortress, and what passed between them
CHAPTER III How the great Dalboquerque arrived at Coulão, and what passed with the governors of the land
CHAPTER IV How the ships from Calicut hove in sight of Coulão, and the great Afonso Dalboquerque prepared to fight them, and what took place thereupon with the governors of the land
CHAPTER V Of the treaty which the great Afonso made with the governors of the land respecting peace, before his setting out, and the rest that took place with the native Christians there, and his setting out for Cochim
CHAPTER VI How the great Afonso Dalboquerque set out from Cochim to Cananor, and what took place till he arrived at Portugal
CHAPTER VII How the king, D. Manoel, sent Tristão da Cunha to India in the year '6, and Afonso Dalboquerque accompanied him in a fleet of fourteen sail, that they might erect the fortress of Çacotora
CHAPTER VIII How the chief captain, Tristão da Cunha, despatched the caravel to Portugal, and set out from. Biziguiche: and what took place until he arrived at Moçambique
CHAPTER IX How the chief captain, Tristão da Cunha, from the information which the negroes whom Rui Pereira brought gave him, determined to go and discover the Island of S. Lourenço
CHAPTER X How the chief captain, Tristão da Cunha, got himself ready to go and explore the island, and what took place therein
CHAPTER XI How the chief captain, Tristão da Cunha, returned along the coast, and all but perished, and what passed with the great Afonso Dalboquerque
CHAPTER XII How the chief captain, Tristão da Cunha, left Moçambique with his fleet, and had an audience with the King of Melinde, and thence went to Angoja and destroyed it
CHAPTER XIII How the chief captain, Tristão da Cunha, proceeded to Braboa, and what passed there
CHAPTER XIV How the chief captain, Tristão da Cunha, went to attack the city of Braboa, and after its destruction sailed for Çocotora
CHAPTER XV How the chief captain, Tristão da Cunha, left Braboa, and made his course direct for the island of Çocotora, and what happened there
CHAPTER XVI How the chief captain, Tristão da Cunha, entered the fortress, and what took place when he arrived there
CHAPTER XVII Of the message which the chief captain, Tristão da Cunha, sent to the people of the land, and what passed with them, and how he finished the fortress of Çocotora, and sailed for India; and how the great Afonso Dalboquerque became chief captain of the fleet
CHAPTER XVIII How the great Afonso Dalboquerque, after Tristão da Cunha had sailed, made his fleet ready, and sailed with the intention of going to wait for the Moorish ships which came from India to the straits, and what happened thereupon
CHAPTER XIX How the great Afonso Dalboquerque, owing to his great need of supplies, shaped his course for the Straits of Ormuz, and arrived at Masoate
CHAPTER XX Of what the great Afonso Dalboquerque transacted with the governors of the city of Calayate on his arrival there
CHAPTER XXI How the great Afonso Dalboquerque left the city of Calayate, and went on to Curiate, and took it by force of arms
CHAPTER XXII How the great Afonso Dalboquerque set sail from Curiate and went to Mascate, and what passed there
CHAPTER XXIII How the great Afonso Dalboquerque, by advice of the captains, attacked the town of Mascate, and destroyed it, and what took place there
CHAPTER XXIV How the great Afonso Dalboquerque ordered the city of Mascate to be set on fire, and of the miracle which took place when the mosque was destroyed, and how he returned to the ships, and sailed away
CHAPTER XXV Of what took place between the great Afonso Dalboquerque and João da Nova, and how he set out from Mascate to the town of Soar, and what passed with the governors of the land
CHAPTER XXVI How the great Afonso Dalboquerque sent a flag to the rulers of Soar, to be set up on a tower of the fortress as a signal of peace; and of the manner of its reception, and what further passed
CHAPTER XXVII How the great Afonso Dalboquerque set sail from Soar, and went along the coast direct to Orfação, and how he took it
CHAPTER XXVIII How the great Afonso Dalboquerque set out from Orfação to Ormuz, and what passed with the captains when the city came in sight
CHAPTER XXIX Of the fleet which the King of Ormuz had in the harbour, and how it was arranged, and of the messages which passed between him and the great Afonso Dalboquerque
CHAPTER XXX How the great Afonso Dalboquerque, seeing that the reply was put off, proceeded to attack the fleet which lay in the port of Ormuz, and defeated it
CHAPTER XXXI How the captains, after the taking of the ship Meri, followed up their victory, and of the havoc they made in the fleet, and how the great Afonso Dalboquerque proceeded to attack the jetty, where he was wounded
CHAPTER XXXII How the great Afonso Dalboquerque routed the fleet, and traversed the city, burning and destroying all the suburbs; and how the king sent two Moors in a ferry-boat to sue for peace
CHAPTER XXXIII Of the reply which the great Afonso Dalboquerque gave to the Moors; and how he sent Pero Vaz Dorta, factor, and João Estão, and Gaspar Rodrigues, interpreter, to land; and of what passed with the king and his governors
CHAPTER XXXIV How the great Afonso Dalboquerque arranged with the king the tribute which was to be paid, and how he demanded space in the city to erect a fortress
CHAPTER XXXV How the King of Ormuz sent to ask of Afonso Dalboquerque a flag to be placed on his palace in sign of peace, and what was done in the matter
CHAPTER XXXVI How the great Afonso Dalboquerque had an audience with the king on the jetty, and what passed in these visits, and what took place with the sailors in the sea with the dead Moors, whose bodies floated on the water
CHAPTER XXXVII How the great Afonso Dalboquerque sent to beg of the king space in Ormuz to build a fortress, and what passed thereat, and how it was commenced where it now stands
CHAPTER XXXVIII How the great Afonso Dalboquerque made his fleet ready to go and take a view of the strait of the Red Sea, and of the reply he gave to Rexnordim concerning the tribute which the Ambassador of Xeque Ismael came to demand
CHAPTER XXXIX How the King of Ormuz sent word to Afonso Dalboquerque, saying that he desired to see the Portuguese musketeers fire a volley, and how it was done; and how Afonso Dalboquerque wrote to the Viceroy of India concerning the state of affairs in Ormuz, and what took place with the captains.
CHAPTER XL Of the speech which the great Afonso Dalboquerque made to the captains upon the insubordination which they evinced; and of the complaints they made to him; and of some words that passed with them thereupon
CHAPTER XLI How the captains made another remonstrance to the great Afonso Dalboquerque, and all signed it; and what he did thereupon, and what else passed with him
CHAPTER XLII Of what the great Afonso Dalboquerque did with the masters, pilots, and all the other seamen whom the captains had incited to mutiny against him
CHAPTER XLIII Of what the great Afonso Dalboquerque did with Francisco de Tavora on leaving the quarry, and of the conversation he held with the captains after coming to land
CHAPTER XLIV How four Christians fled from our fleet, and related to Cogeatar the disagreements that existed between Afonso Dalboquerque and the captains; and of the message he sent to him, and of the rest that ensued
CHAPTER XLV How the great Afonso Dalboquerque, perceiving that Cogeatar would not deliver up the men, ordered the officers and men employed on the work, who were on shore, to be withdrawn, and of what else passed with the captains
CHAPTER XLVI How Cogeatar sent word to the great Afonso Dalboquerque, asking for a safe conduct for the Christians, aud how the captains sent him a remonstrance urging him not to make war against the city, and what further took place with them thereupon
CHAPTER XLVII How the great Afonso Dalboquerque determined to make war with Ormuz; and how the king's people, who were on guard at the watering stations of Turumbaque, were routed by ours
CHAPTER XLVIII How Cogeatar again ordered his people to clear out the pools of Turumbaque, and how the people whom he had appointed to guard them were discomfited by our men, and of further matters
CHAPTER XLIX Of the message sent by the king to the great Afonso Dalboquerque, begging for peace, and the answer he gave, and what passed in the Island of Queixome on proceeding thither for water
CHAPTER L Of what passed between the great Afonso Dalboquerque and João da Nova, when he would not go to Nabandé, whither he was ordered to go
CHAPTER LI How the great Afonso Dalboquerque returned to the Island of Queixome with determination of taking water, and of the rout he made of the men whom the king had there for its defence
CHAPTER LII How the great Afonso Dalboquerque ordered Afonso Lopez da Costa and Manuel Telez to go and join Antonio do Campo, and attack the Moorish fleet, and how they left him and sailed away to India
CHAPTER LIII How the great Afonso Dalboquerque set out towards Çocotora, and having arrived at the island, sent Francisco de Tavora to Melinde to seek for supplies, and what took place
CHAPTER LIV How, on the arrival of Francisco de Tavora at Cape Guardafum, the great Afonso Dalboquerque immediately despatched Fernão Gomez, together with the Moor whom Tristão da Cunha had left in Melinde, to go to the Preste, and how he set off towards Çocotora, and of what further took place
CHAPTER LV How Manuel Telez, Afonso Lopez da Costa, and Antonio do Campo, arrived in India and made depositions respecting the great Afonso Dalboquerque to the Viceroy: and of the inquiry which he ordered to be made in the matter
CHAPTER LVI How the Viceroy, D. Francisco Dalmeida, after hearing the captains, ordered an information to be laid against the great Afonso Dalboquerque, and what took place with them on hearing the news which came to him from Portugal
CHAPTER LVII How the great Afonso Dalboquerque set out from Çocotora to Ormuz, and arrived at Calayate, and what took place with the captain of the city
CHAPTER LVIII How the great Afonso Dalboquerque proceeded to attack the city of Calayate, and destroyed it, and what took place there afterwards
CHAPTER LIX Of the news which the Moor, who brought the gift, related to the great Afonso Dalboquerque, concerning India: and how he sailed from Calayate to the city of Ormuz, and what took place with Cogeatar
CHAPTER LX How a Moor put off from land in an almadia and went on board Martim Coelho's ship with two letters for the great Afonso Dalboquerque, without saying who had sent them, and of further proceedings
CHAPTER LXI How the great Afonso Dalboquerque recounted to the captains and principal men of the fleet all that had passed with Cogeatar, and of the message he sent him, and of the reply he made
CHAPTER LXII Of the council which the great Afonso Dalboquerque held with the captains upon the reply of Cogeatar, and what they agreed upon, and the message which he sent to the Rustazes by some of their servants, and what further passed
CHAPTER LXIII How the great Afonso Dalboquerque informed Diogo de Melo of what news he had received concerning the fleet of Julfar, and went to Nabande, and fought with the captains of Xeque Ismael, and routed them
CHAPTER LXIV How Diogo de Melo, who was stationed at the Island of Lara, was lost, and how the great Afonso Dalboquerque set out for India, and what took place until his arrival at the island
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Information: The Commentaries of the Great Afonso Dalboquerque, Second Viceroy of India
Translated from the Portuguese Edition of 1774
, pp. 138 - 143

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511697555.045 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2010

First published in: 1875

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