Albuquerque reappears at Goa only three months…
May 1510 CE
Albuquerque reappears at Goa only three months later, on November 25, with a renovated fleet, Diogo Mendes de Vasconcelos compelled to accompany him with the reinforcements for Malacca, and about three hundred Malabari reinforcements from Cannanore.
In less than a day, they take Goa from Ismail Adil Shah and his Ottoman allies, who surrender on December 10.
It is estimated that six thousand of the nine thousand Muslim defenders of the city died, either in the fierce battle in the streets or by drowning while trying to escape.
Albuquerque regains the support of the Hindu population, although he frustrates the initial expectations of Timoja, who aspires to become governor.
Albuquerque rewards him by appointing him chief "Aguazil" of the city, an administrator and representative of the Hindu and Muslim people, as a knowledgeable interpreter of the local customs.
He then makes an agreement to lower the yearly dues.
In Goa, Albuquerque starts the first Portuguese mint in the East, after complaints from merchants and Timoja about the scarcity of currency, taking it as an opportunity to announce the territorial conquest.
The new coin, based on the existing local coins, shows a cross on one side and the design of an armillary sphere (or "esfera"), King Manuel's badge, on the other.
Gold, silver and bronze coins are issued, respectively gold cruzados or manueis, esferas and alf-esferas, and "leais".