Commentaries of Ruy Freyre de Andrada

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ISBN: 9780415344692 | 0415344697
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Copyright: 12/22/2004

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First published in 1930, this was the first translation of theCommentariossince original publication in 1647. The work covers an historically significant period, describing the operations leading up to the capture from the Portuguese of Ormuz, in the Persian Gulf, by an Anglo-Persian force. Of importance in the history of the rise of the Indian Empire, this is the first printed account of the Portuguese version of the affair. The appendices include many previously unpublished Portuguese documents, the most important of which is the fullJournal of Edward Monnox,who was present throughout the operations.

Preface

Introduction

xix

Author's Dedication

Licences

FIRST BOOK

Departure of Ruy Freyre from Lisbon &c

(5)

Of how he arrived at Mocambique &c

(6)

Of how he left Mocambique &c

(2)

Of how he arrived at Ormuz and dealt with the work of the Fortress of Queixome &c

(4)

Of how the Armada arrived at the Cape of Iasques &c

(3)

How the ships of England arrived, and how our fleet went to encounter them &c

(5)

Concerning the deliberation of the English &c

(4)

How Ruy Freyre arrived at Ormuz. &c

(5)

How the Fleet arrived at the island of Queixome &c

(3)

How the Persians encamped &c

(4)

Of four spies that were captured from the Persians & of the news which they gave &c

(4)

Of how the Captain-Major Ruy Freyre sent Miguel Botelho with 5-and-20 galliots to hinder the passage of the Persian army &c

(4)

Of how the Captain-Major completed the Fortress. &c

(3)

What the Captain-Major ordered concerning the ransom of the Sheiks, and concerning Iulufar &c

(4)

Of what passed between the Captain-Major and Miragonadim &c

(2)

How the General Habadulacao arrived with the Persian Army, and besieged the Fortress &c

(3)

Of the great assault that the Captain Balthezar de Chaves made on the enemy camp, & of a miraculous occurence that two Persians came to relate in the Fortress &c

(4)

Departure of Balthezar de Chaves &c

(4)

Of the warning that was received about a mine &c

(3)

How the Captain-Major sent Balthezar de Chaves against the port of Iasques &c

(4)

How the Captain-Major sent to the Cape of Iasques to watch for the English Fleet &c

(5)

How Balthezar de Chaves fell upon the Fortress of Lafeta and destroyed it &c

(4)

How Simao de Mello arrived from India with the Succour-Fleet & Domingos Pirez with news of the English Fleet &c

(5)

How Andre Coutinho arrived with news of the English ships &c

(5)

How the English disembarked the artillery and fortified themselves ashore &c

(3)

How the General Abadulacao attacked the fortress a second time &c

(3)

How the Portuguese replied unto the English &c

102

(2)

How the fleet of oared vessels arrived. &c

104

(4)

How the English signed the capitulations &c

108

(3)

SECOND BOOK

Of how the loss of the fortress of Queixome was learnt in Ormuz &c

111

(5)

How the Persians & English came upon Ormuz. &c

116

(6)

How the Persians entered the City & sacked it &c

122

(3)

Of the fortification that the Persians made in the City &c

125

(4)

How the galleons were laid up. &c

129

(5)

How the Persians mined the bastion of Santiago &c

134

(5)

Our men countermine a Persian mine &c

139

(6)

The Persians fire their second mine. &c

145

(10)

The Enemy captures the Bastion of Santiago &c

155

(5)

Dom Manoel de Sousa arrives at Ormuz &c

160

(5)

The English propose a parley. The Fortress is surrendered to them &c

165

(5)

The Cao of Xiras takes possession of the Fortress of Ormuz &c

170

(3)

Ruy Freyre escapes from the English at Surat &c

173

(6)

Ruy Freyre arrives at Goa &c

179

(3)

The General Ruy Freyre falls upon the Fortress of Soar &c

182

(6)

The General Ruy Freyre continues the Arabian War &c

188

(3)

The General lays siege to Ormuz &c

191

(7)

The General founds a custom-house in the Fortress of Congo

198

(5)

The General Ruy Freire returns to Persia, makes a custom-house in Congo. News comes of Dom Goncalo da Silveyra

203

(4)

The General goes to Goa. His death

207

(4)

Appendix I The King's Letter for Ruy Freire de Andrade, containing the Instructions for his expedition, January 15th 1622

211

(8)

Appendix II List of Persons who were slain by the Moors during the campaign in Ormuz

219

(1)

Appendix III Simao De Mello's account of the siege of Ormuz

220

(3)

Appendix IV Letter of Mandel Borges de Sousa written from Ormuz during the Siege (28th April 1622)

223

(5)

Appendix V Letter on the Surrender of Ormuz

228

(2)

Appendix VI Certificate of the Reliefs despatched to Ormuz

230

(1)

Appendix VII A Summary and very trustworthy narrative of what happened to the Armada of the Captain-General Nuno Alvares Botelho during the space of one year, counted from the 9th of December 1624 until the following 9th of December 1625---written by a Priests of the Order of Sancto Agustuilio, who was present throughout (dated) 9th December, 1625

231

(17)

Appendix VIII Translation of the Cartel in which the Captain-General Nuno Alvares Botelho challenged with his Armada the English and Dutch Fleets that were in Swalleys' Hole

248

(2)

Appendix IX Richard Swan's Accounts of the fights off Fask

250

(4)

Appendix X Monnox's MS. ``History at large of the taking of Ormuz Castle''

254

(57)

Appendix XI Persanalia

311

(6)

Appendix XII Glossary

317

(2)

Bibliography

319

(2)

Index

321

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