Source: Advice given in 1500 by the Muslim merchants of Calicut to the Hindu ruler of Calicut concerning the

arrival of the second Portuguese expedition to the city. Recorded in the History of the Discovery and Conquest of

India by the Portuguese by Fernão Lopes de Castanheda, a Portuguese historian, published in 1551.

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Alvin Copeland

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15 March, 10:27

Source: Advice given in 1500 by the Muslim merchants of Calicut to the Hindu ruler of Calicut concerning the

arrival of the second Portuguese expedition to the city. Recorded in the History of the Discovery and Conquest of

India by the Portuguese by Fernão Lopes de Castanheda, a Portuguese historian, published in 1551.

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Rosa · Answer 1

Yes, the Muslim merchants of Calicut given advise to the hindu ruler of calicut in order to save his kingdom from Portuguese.

Explanation:

In 1500, Portuguese comes to the Indian subcontinent through the calicut city in the form of traders. For their arrival, the Muslim merchants of the calicut city wrote a letter to the Hindu ruler in order to given no place to Portuguese for trading because the Muslim merchants realized the main purpose of the arrival of Portuguese. He thought that these Portuguese comes to the city in order to capture it because it is a big city where most of the trade occurs through water.