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0, 31, 47: not allowed to take up office, 38, 39, 60-62: ancestry, 41-43: family, 43, 44: birth and education, 44, 45: at Court of John II, 45, 46: in Morocco, 46: Asiatic policy, 48: sent again to Asia, 48: instructions to, 48, 49: campaign on African coast, 50: wounded at Socotra, 51: left in independent command, 52: quarrels with his captains, 52, 53, 55-57: at Ormuz, 54-57: deserted by his captains, 57, 58: attacks Calayate, 58: reply to Cogeatar, 59, 60: intrigues against, 60, 61: imprisoned at Cannanore, 61: recognised as Governor, 62: magnanimity, 63: attitude towards Hindus and instructions to Frei Luis, 66, 67: attack on Calicut, 67-69: wounded, 69: decides to attack Goa, 72: reasons, 72-74: first capture of Goa, 76: embassy to Shah Ismail, 77, 78: abandons Goa, 79: blockaded in the harbour, 79-82: receives reinforcements, 82-84: second capture of Goa, 85-88: builds fortress at, 88, 89: letter to Ismail Adil Shah, 90, 91: negotiations with Calicut and Gujarat, 91, 92: sails for the Malay Peninsula, 99: first capture of Malacca, 101: speech to his captains, 102-105: second capture of Malacca, 106: execution of Utemuta Raja, 107: opens relations with China, Siam, &c., 108-110: wrecked on way back to India, 110: receives reinforcements, 113: relieves Goa, 114: defeats Rasul Khan, 115: takes Benastarim, 116: despatch on Goa, 120-124: expedition to the Red Sea, 126-128: fails to take Aden, 127: establishes a factory at Diu, 129: builds a fortress at Calicut, 131: embassy to King of Gujarat, 132, 133: and to Shah Ismail, 134, 135: expedition to Ormuz, 136-138: receives news of his supersession, 139: last letter to the King, 139, 140: death, 141, 142: personal appearance and character, 143, 144: policy of empire, 147: its bases, 152: colonisation, 153-155: settlement of Goa, 155-159: use of natives, 159, 160: abolition of _sati_, 160: commercial reforms, 160-162: coinage at Goa, 162: at Malacca, 163: piety, 164, 165: causes of his success:--state of India, 165, 166: superiority of ships, artillery, and soldiers, 166-168: his own character, 168, 169: knighted Nuno da Cunha, 177: not a religious persecutor, 193: superiority to his successors, 207. ALBUQUERQUE, Alvaro de, Prior of Villa Verde, brother of Affonso, 44. ALBUQUER
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