Khoja Zufar

Khoja Zufar or Coge Cofar
Khoja Zufar or Coge Cofar
	Drawing from 1899-1905
Nickname(s)	Khoje Cofar or Coge Cofar
Born	1500; Otranto, Apulia, Kingdom of Naples
Died	1546 (aged 45–46); Diu, India
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire
Years of service	1515–1546
Rank	General
Commands held	Ottoman naval forces
Battles/wars	Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts Battle of al-Shihr (1531); Siege of Diu (1531); Siege of Diu (1538); Siege of Diu (1546) †; ;
Awards	Governor of Diu
Relations	Friend of Garcia de Orta

Khoja Zufar or Coje Çafar (1500 – June 24, 1546), also called Coge Sofar, or Safar Aga^[1] in Portuguese, Cosa Zaffar in Italian, and Khwaja Safar Salmani in Turkish or Khuádja Tzaffar (خوجا زفار) in Arabic,^[2] was a soldier and local ruler in Western India during the 16th century. He was a leader in the failed Siege of Diu. Zufar was an experienced merchant with the distant markets of the Arabian Gulf around the Strait of Mecca and Lepanto at the Mediterranean.^[3]

^ Mubārak, Abū al-Faḍl Ibn (1977). The Akbar Nāmā of Abu-l-Fazl: (History of the Reign of Akbar Including an Account of His Predecessors). Ess Ess Publications. p. 25. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
^ Orta, García da (2014). Coloquios dos simples e drogas da India (in Portuguese) (Translation: seria Khuádja Tzaffar ed.). Editorial Maxtor. p. 286. ISBN 9788490014516. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
^ Mathew, K. S. (1982). "Khwaja Safar, the Merchant Governor of Surat and the Indo-Portuguese Trade in the Early Sixteenth Century". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 43: 232–242. JSTOR 44141233.

[1] Mubārak, Abū al-Faḍl Ibn (1977). The Akbar Nāmā of Abu-l-Fazl: (History of the Reign of Akbar Including an Account of His Predecessors). Ess Ess Publications. p. 25. Retrieved 2 April 2020.

[2] Orta, García da (2014). Coloquios dos simples e drogas da India (in Portuguese) (Translation: seria Khuádja Tzaffar ed.). Editorial Maxtor. p. 286. ISBN 9788490014516. Retrieved 7 November 2019.

[3] Mathew, K. S. (1982). "Khwaja Safar, the Merchant Governor of Surat and the Indo-Portuguese Trade in the Early Sixteenth Century". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 43: 232–242. JSTOR 44141233.

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