Chapter HOG-PLUM to HOOGLY of H by The Hobson Jobson Dictionary

with the Nawab led to armed action, and the English abandoned Hoogly; but on the arrangement of peace they settled at Chatanati (Chuttanutty), now Calcutta.

[c. 1590.—“In the Sarkár of Satgáon, there are two ports at a distance of half a kos from each other; the one is Sátgáon, the other Húglí: the latter the chief; both are in possession of the Europeans.”—Ain, ed. Jarrett, ii. 125.]

1616.—“After the force of dom Francisco de Menezes arrived at Sundiva as we have related, there came a few days later to the same island 3 sanguicels, right well equipped with arms and soldiers, at the charges of Manuel Viegas, a householder and resident of Ogolim, or Porto Pequeno, where dwelt in Bengala many Portuguese, 80 leagues up the Ganges, in the territory of the Mogor, under his ill faith that every hour threatened their destruction.”—Bocarro, Decada, 476.

c. 1632.—“Under the rule of the Bengális a party of Frank merchants … came trading to Sátgánw (see PORTO PEQUENO); one kos above that place they occupied some ground on the bank of the estuary. … In course of time, through the ignorance and negligence of the rulers of Bengal, these Europeans increased in number, and erected substantial buildings, which they fortified. … In due course a considerable place grew up, which was known by the name of the Port of Húglí. … These proceedings had come to the notice of the Emperor (Sháh Jehán), and he resolved to put an end to them,” &c.—Abdul Hamid Lahori, in Elliot, vii. 31–32.

1644.—“The other important voyage which used to be made from Cochim was that to Bengalla, when the port and town of Ugolim were still standing, and much more when we had the Porto Grande (q.v.) and the town of Diangâ, this used to be made by so many ships that often in one monsoon there came 30 or more from Bengalla to Cochim, all laden with rice, sugar, lac, iron, salt-petre, and many kinds of cloths both of grass and cotton, ghee (manteyga), long pepper, a great quantity of wax, besides wheat and many things besides, such as quilts and rich bedding; so that every ship brought a capital of more than 20,000 xerafins. But since these two possessions were lost, and the two ports were closed, there go barely one or two vessels to Orixa.”—Bocarro, MS., f. 315.

1665.—“O Rey de Arracão nos tomou a fortaleza de Sirião em Pegù; O grão Mogor a cidade do Golim em Bengala.”—P. Manoel Godinho, Relação, &c.

c. 1666.—“The rest they kept for their service to make Rowers of them; and such Christians as they were themselves, bringing them up to robbing and killing; or else they sold them to the Portugueses of Goa, Ceilan, St. Thomas, and others, and even to those that were remaining in Bengall at Ogouli, who were come thither to settle themselves there by favour of Jehan-Guyre, the Grandfather of Aureng- Zebe. …”— Bernier, E.T. 54; [ed. Constable, 176].

1727.—“Hughly is a Town of large Extent, but ill built. It reaches about 2 Miles along the River’s Side, from the Chinchura before mentioned to the Bandel, a Colony formerly settled by the Portuguese, but the Mogul’s Fouzdaar governs both at present.” —A. Hamilton, ii. 19; [ed. 1744].

1753.—“Ugli est une forteresse des Maures. … Ce lieu étant le plus considérable de la contrée, des Européens qui remontent le Gange, lui ont donné le nom de rivière d’Ugli dans sa partie inférieure. …”—D’Anville, p. 64.

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