It will be seen that in the later part of the Portuguese’s stay in India, their animosity towards the Muslims cooled down to a certain extent. But it was too late for the Muslims to recoup and readjust, since most of them were driven to despair and had started to change their occupational trends. Muslim trade declined not due to the lack of commercial expertise but because it was faced with the use of force based on superior technology and the lack of support of the local ruling powers. The Coromandel Muslims were lacking in warfare technologies and also had no aptitude to counter the attack. Thus, the shattered trade of the Muslims became subservient. The Muslim could not match the Portuguese naval power. This key factor enabled the other European powers especially the Dutch and the English to encroach the further areas hitherto left out in Muslims’ hands. The Portuguese oppression of the Coromandel Muslims is not the end of the story and it was continued by the Dutch.

Coromandel, Labbais, Rawthars, Prophet, Caliph