NUNIZ (Nunes), Fernão. 1500? — 1550?. Portuguese Jewish Merchant in India. In 1535-37 stayed in Vijayanagar and then wrote an account, including a short history of the Vijayanagara Empire. The manuscript came to Portugal and was used by Barros, but then forgotten for many years. Later on he was persecuted by inquisition, but fled to Constantinople, where he could openly practise his Judaism.
Publications: Ed. together with the account of D. Paes by D. Lopes: Chronica dos Reis de Bisnaga. 89+123 p. Lisbon 1897; English by Sewell in his Forgotten Empire. L. 1900.
Sources: Oaten 1909, 68f.; Wikipedia.
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