"During the reign of el-Ghuri, a far-sighted policy led the Sultan to enter into an alliance with the Venetians to oppose the installation of the Portuguese in India. Unfortunately the Mamluk fleet carried insufficient fire-power" in Splendours of an Islamic world by Henri Stierlin,Anne Stierlin p.40 نسخة محفوظة 13 مارس 2020 على موقع واي باك مشين.
"During the reign of el-Ghuri, a far-sighted policy led the Sultan to enter into an alliance with the Venetians to oppose the installation of the Portuguese in India. Unfortunately the Mamluk fleet carried insufficient fire-power" in Splendours of an Islamic world by Henri Stierlin,Anne Stierlin p.40 نسخة محفوظة 13 مارس 2020 على موقع واي باك مشين.