For
Tyrants Always Die By The Hands Of Those In Whom They Repose Most Trust.
He Was Succeeded By A Child Who Was His Reputed Son; But The Nobility Of
The Kingdom, Offended By The Insolence Of Madrem-Al-Mulk Who Acted As
Governor Of The Kingdom, Rebelled In Several Places.
Abex Khan, who
commanded in the city of Diu, was one of these, and in consequence of
some disagreement
Between his soldiers and the Portuguese garrison, Don
Diego de Almeyda made an assault on the city with 500 men, in which many
of the Moors were slain and their houses plundered. Though late, Abex
Khan saw his error, and made proper concessions. Soon afterwards, when
Don Diego de Noronha succeeded Almeyda in the command of the castle of
Diu, fresh troubles broke out at Diu, which were not appeased, till a
good many men had been skin on both sides, chiefly owing to the rashness
and obstinacy of Diego de Noronha, for which he was afterwards excluded
from the appointment to the viceroyalty of India.
In 1554 Don Alfonso de Noronha was superseded in the government of
Portuguese India by Don Pedro de Mascarenhas, who was 70 years of age
when appointed viceroy. Soon after his arrival at Goa, some of the great
subjects of Adel Khan, king of Visiapour, made proposals for raising
Meale Khan, who had long resided at Goa, to the musnud, and offered to
cede the Concan to the crown of Portugal, in reward for assistance in
bringing about that revolution.
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