References
Chart showing the number of references in each month of the diary’s entries.
1664
- Feb
Surat, India
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First Reading
Pedro • Link
Surat
The Dutch also founded a factory.
In 1664 the Maratha leader Shivaji sacked and looted Surat. When Shivaji arrived at Surat he demanded tribute from the Mughal commander and the small army stationed with him for port security. The tribute was refused and so after Shivaji took the city, he put it to sack. Surat was under sack for nearly 3 weeks, in which the Maratha army looted all possible wealth from Mughal & Portuguese trading centers. All this loot was successfully transported to Maharashtra before the Mughal Empire at Delhi was alerted. This wealth later was used for development & strengthening the Maratha Empire.
The only exception to the looting was the British factory, a fortified warehouse-counting house-hostel, which was successfully defended by Sir George Oxenden.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surat
Wim van der Meij • Link
At Sam's time Sir George Oxenden was the chief factor of the East India Company. In 1686 the English removed to Bombay.
Second Reading
Terry Foreman • Link
A book whose frontispiece is an engraving of the Surat factory in 1638
The English factories in India, 1618-1669 : a calendar of documents in the India Office, British Museum and Public Record Office
https://archive.org/details/engli…