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Shir Khan returned soon afterwards to Gowro, which he took by assault, obliging the king, who was wounded in the assault, to abandon the city.
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Shir Khan drew off from Gowro, where he acquired treasure to the amount of 60 millions in gold.
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Arabian merchant who dwelt in Gowro became very rich and powerful, and having defeated the king of Orixa in a great battle grew so much in favour with the king of Bengal that he was made captain of his guards.
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But on the return of Humayun towards Delhi, Shir Khan returned to Gowro and drove out Mahomet Zaman.
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From Chittagong, Silva sent a messenger to Gowro with a letter and a present; but as the answer was long in coming, Silva judged that the king had detained his messenger along with the rest, on which he rashly destroyed Chittagong and some other places; for which proceeding the king confined the prisoners more rigidly than before.
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Thirteen men who carried the present to Gowro, and thirty others who accompanied Martin Alfonso to an entertainment at Chittagong were made prisoners.
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Melo de Jusarte was prisoner in Bengal, Mahomet Shah was king and held his court in Gowro with such state that there were 10,000 women in his
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Gowro, where he appointed his own brother-in-law Mir Mahomet Zaman to the vacant kingdom, who had been lately driven from Guzerat.
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_Gowro_, on the banks of the Ganges, is three leagues in length.
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Gowro being reduced to distress by the besiegers, Mahomet bought a peace, and Shir Khan drew off with his army.
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