page_title: 7th Portuguese India Armada (Almeida, 1505)
section_title: Anaia in Sofala, Fort São Caetano
hierarchical_section_title: 7th Portuguese India Armada (Almeida, 1505) / Anaia in Sofala, Fort São Caetano
caption_attribution_description: English: Cefala - bird's-eye view of the city of Sofala (Mozambique) from Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg's atlas Civitates orbis terrarum, vol. I, 1572
context_page_description: The Seventh India Armada was assembled in 1505 on the order of King Manuel I of Portugal and placed under the command of D. Francisco de Almeida, the first Portuguese Viceroy of the Indies. The 7th Armada set out to secure the dominance of the Portuguese navy over the Indian Ocean by establishing a series of coastal fortresses at critical points – Sofala, Kilwa, Anjediva, Cannanore – and reducing cities perceived to be local threats.
context_section_description: September 4, 1505, Pêro de Anaia's six-ship Sofala fleet ('Third Squadron') doubles the Cape of Good Hope, also with some difficulty. But it eventually anchors in Sofala harbour. One of his ships finds, near Quelimane, five famished half-dead survivors of Lopo Sanchez's caravel, with their tale of woe.
  Pêro de Anaia secures an audience with the elderly blind sheikh  Isuf of Sofala (Yçuf in Barros Çufe in Goes).  Although formerly a vassal of the Kilwa Sultanate, Isuf had been trying to chart an independent course, and had already signed a commercial treaty in 1502 with Vasco da Gama (4th Armada).  Anaia now requests Isuf's permission to establish a permanent Portuguese factory and fortress in the city.
  News of Almeida's attacks on Kilwa and Mombasa persuade the Isuf that a similar fate might await Sofala if he shows any sign of recalcitrance, so the deal is struck.  As a sign of goodwill, Isuf hands over to Anaia another twenty Portuguese survivors of the Lopo Sanchez caravel he had collected.
  Construction immediately proceeds on the Portuguese Fort São Caetano in Sofala. As per their credentials, Pêro de Anaia assumes command as 'captain-major' of the fort of Sofala and Manuel Fernandes (de Meireles?) as factor.
caption: City of Sofala (Cefala), c. 1572
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