In 1580, Diogo Lopes Coutinho de Santarém at the head of a force of eight ships had a village near Surat burned, after its garrison had killed six Portuguese who had gone ashore.

[1] Warned of Mughal preparations, the Portuguese captain of Daman Martim Afonso de Melo dispatched messengers to neighbouring villages ordering its inhabitants and peasants to evacuate to Bassein or seek refuge in the forests, and to nearby Portuguese garrisons such as Bassein or Chaul and to Goa asking for reinforcements.

[1] Caliche led the vanguard of the Mughal army with 1000 horsemen in the invasion of Portuguese territory, and he burned numerous villages while Qutub ud-Din Khan set up camp in the vicinity of the city.

Within a short time, such a large number of volunteer soldiers and fidalgos disembarked at Daman to reinforce it that the Mughal commander was dissuaded from attacking the city and limited operations to pillaging what he could from the countryside.

[4] After the Mughal army had retired, the Portuguese found that Ramana da Rama, ruler of a small neighbouring kingdom called Sarzeta five leagues from Daman had taken possession of the belongings of the refugees who had sought shelter in his realm, and refused to restore them.