The Anglo-Portuguese relationship in Asia was marked by cooperation and antagonism, in a connection
that can be entitled as pragmatic, flexible and adaptable to the circumstances. This complex and multifaced
interaction had in the Portuguese-Maratha wars of the 1730s a paradigmatic example of how it was
managed the frontier proximity between Bombay and the Estado da India. In this article, we aim to analyze
the dynamics of the Anglo-Portuguese interaction in the particular context of the Maratha attacks to the
ProvÃncia do Norte and to frame them in the long relationship process initiated with the cession of Bombay.
