Cabral, incensed by the attack on the…

December 1500 CE

Cabral, incensed by the attack on the factory, waits one day for redress by the Zamorin.

When this is not forthcoming, he takes his revenge.

The Portuguese seize around ten Arab merchant ships then in harbor, confiscate their cargoes, kill their crews, and burn their ships.

Then, accusing the Zamorin of sanctioning the riot, Cabral orders a full day shore bombardment of Calicut, doing immense damage to the unfortified city (estimates of Calicut casualties reach up to six hundred).

Cabral proceeds to also bombard the nearby Zamorin-owned port of Pandarane (Pantalayani Kollam, near present day Koyilandy) as well.

Thus opens the war between the Kingdom of Portugal and the Zamorin of Calicut.

The war will drag on for the next decade.

Future Portuguese India fleets will have to contend with this conflict, which will dictate Portuguese strategy in the Indian Ocean and draw in other participants.

The conflict will also overturn the political order on the Malabar Coast of India, and shape a different future for Kerala.

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