Q. Which Portuguese led the battle of Portuguese and Muslims of western coast?
Answer: Pedro Alvarez Cabral
Notes: In march 1500 the king of Portugal sent a larger fleet of thirteen vesels carrying 1,200 men, under Pedro Alvarez Cabral, to destroy their Muslim enemies. Seven ships were lost on the way to Calicut, but the journey took only a few days more than six months. The Zamorin welcomed but did not help them. War then broke out between the Portuguese and the Muslims.