Chapter BOBACHEE CONNAH to BOMBAY of B by The Hobson Jobson Dictionary

(see BASSEIN) and Manbai, and returned to his own capital.…”—Mirat-i-Ahmedi (Bird’s transl.), 214- 15.

1508.—“The Viceroy quitted Dabul, passing by Chaul, where he did not care to go in, to avoid delay, and anchored at Bombaim, whence the people fled when they saw the fleet, and our men carried off many cows, and caught some blacks whom they found hiding in the woods, and of these they took away those that were good, and killed the rest.”—Correa, i. 926.

1516.—“… a fortress of the before-named King (of Guzerat), called Tana-mayambu, and near it is a Moorish town, very pleasant, with many gardens … a town of very great Moorish mosques, and temples of worship of the Gentiles … it is likewise a sea port, but of little trade.”— Barbosa, 69. The name here appears to combine, in a common oriental fashion, the name of the adjoining town of Thana (see TANA TANNA) and Bombay.

1525.—“E a Ilha de Mombayn, que no forall velho estaua em catorze mill e quatro cento fedeas … j xii ij. iiii.^c fedeas.

“E os anos otros estaua arrendada por mill trezentos setenta e cinque pardaos … j iii.^c lxxv. pardaos.

“Foy aforada a mestre Dioguo pelo dito governador, por mill quatro centos trinta dous pardaos méo … j iiij.^c xxxij. pardaos méo.”—Tombo do Estada da India, 160–161.

1531.—“The Governor at the island of Bombaim awaited the junction of the whole expedition, of which he made a muster, taking a roll from each captain, of the Portuguese soldiers and sailors and of the captive slaves who could fight and help, and of the number of musketeers, and of other people, such as servants. And all taken together he found in the whole fleet some 3560 soldiers (homens d’armas), counting captains and gentlemen; and some 1450 Portuguese seamen, with the pilots and masters; and some 2000 soldiers who were Malabars and Goa Canarines; and 8000 slaves fit to fight; and among these he found more than 3000 musketeers (espingardeiros), and 4000 country seamen who could row (marinheiros de terra remeiros), besides the mariners of the junks who were more than 800; and with married and single women, and people taking goods and provisions to sell, and menial servants, the whole together was more than 30,000 souls. …”—Correa, iii. 392.

1538.—“The Isle of Bombay has on the south the waters of the bay which is called after it, and the island of Chaul; on the N. the island of Salsete; on the east Salsete also; and on the west the Indian Ocean. The land of this island is very low, and covered with great and beautiful groves of trees. There is much game, and abundance of meat and rice, and there is no memory of any scarcity. Nowadays it is called the island of Boa-Vida; a name given to it by Hector da Silveira, because when his fleet was cruising on this coast his soldiers had great refreshment and enjoyment there.”— J. de Castro, Primeiro Roteiro, p. 81.

1552.—“… a small stream called Bate which runs into the Bay of Bombain, and which is regarded as the demarcation between the Kingdom of Guzurate and the Kingdom of Decan.”—Barros, I. ix. 1.

1552.—“The Governor advanced against Bombaym on the 6th February, which was moreover the very day on which Ash Wednesday fell.”—Couto, IV., v. 5.

1554.—“Item of Mazaguao 8500 fedeas.

“Item of Monbaym, 17,000 fedeas.

“Rents of the land surrendered by the King of Canbaya in 1543, from 1535 to 1548.”—S. Botelho, Tombo, 139.

1563.—“… and better still is (that the areca) of Mombaim, an estate and island which the King our Lord has graciously granted me on perpetual lease.”¹—Garcia De Orta, f. 91v.

„ “SERVANT. Sir, here is Simon Toscano, your tenant at Bombaim, who has brought this basket of mangoes for you to make a present to the Governor; and he says that when he has moored his vessel he will come here to put up.”—Ibid. f. 134v.

1644.—“Description of the Port of Mombaym.… The Viceroy Conde de Linhares sent the 8 councillors to fortify this Bay, so that no European enemy should be able to enter. These Ministers visited the place, and were of opinion that the width (of the entrance) being so great, becoming even wider and more unobstructed further in, there was no place that you could fortify so as to defend the entrance.…”—Bocarro, MS. f. 227.

1666.—“Ces Tchérons .… demeurent pour la plupart à Baroche, à Bambaye et à Amedabad.”—Thevenot, v. 40.

„ “De Bacaim à Bombaiim il y a six lieues.”—Ibid. 248.

1673.—“December the Eighth we paid our Homage to the Union-flag flying on the Fort of Bombaim.”—Fryer, 59.

„ “Bombaim … ventures furthest out into the Sea, making the Mouth of a spacious Bay, whence it has its Etymology; Bombaim, quasi Boon bay.”— Ibid. 62.

1676.—“Since the present King of England married the Princess of Portugall, who had in Portion the famous Port of Bombeye … they coin both Silver, Copper, and Tinn.”—Tavernier, E. T., ii. 6.

1677.—“Quod dicta Insula de Bombaim, una cum dependentiis suis, nobis ab origine bonâ fide ex pacto (sicut oportuit) tradita non fuerit.”—King Charles II. to the Viceroy L. de Mendoza Furtado, in Descn., &c. of the Port and Island of Bombay, 1724, p. 77.

1690.—“This Island has its Denomination from the Harbour, which … was originally called Boon Bay, i.e. in the Portuguese Language, a Good Bay or Harbour.”—Ovington, 129.

1711.—Lockyer declares it