This post is even more confusing. 1548 is a part of the 1540's. But why do we need to "believe"? Are written records not available? Afonso de Albuquerque is reported to have married off the widows of Adilshahi warriors to his Portuguese soldiers. Were these women not baptized before their marriage? Or would they not count as Goans, so that Locu Sinai becomes the first Goan? I think we need the intervention of a historian here.
Sebastian Borges On 21 Apr 2010 Bernado Colaco <ole_...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: The reference below relates to the conversion of Locu Sinai. It is believed that conversions started in 1540's ? Documenta??o Indica, vol. I, doc. 50, pp. 325-327; Padre Silva Rego, op. cit., vol. IV, pp. 131-132 ? BC Sebastian Borges
