Occupied as I am with duties which brought me to places like India and Melaka, I wished that I had some spare time in which I could write something true, so I decided to undertake the
Suma Oriental.
I have included within my account of the Portuguese Occupation. In July 1511, the most magnificent and exalted knight Afonso de Albuquerque led the Portuguese forces to victory and captured Melaka, even securing the return of the Portuguese prisoner
Rui de AraújoRui de Araújo was the first Portuguese factor in Melaka who sent intelligence back to the Portuguese via Nina Chatu, a powerful Hindu merchant in Melaka. Araújo and 19 other men were captured by the Malays before Afonso de Albuquerque’s capture of Melaka.
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Afonso de Albuquerque
Afonso de Albuquerque
Governor of the East Indies
Captain-Major and Governor of the East Indies who led the invasion of Melaka in 1511.