in portuguese india, the goa inquisition also turned its attention to indian converts from hinduism or islam who were thought to have returned to their original ways. in addition, it prosecuted hindus and muslims (non-converts) who broke prohibitions against the observance of hindu or muslim rites or interfered with portuguese attempts to forcibly convert non-christians to catholicism. hundreds of thousands of hindus were forced to move out of goa if they did not convert. it was established in goa in 1560 by aleixo dias falcão and francisco marques, who occupied the palace of the sabaio adil khan. the ancient christian community of malabar nasranis on the south indian coast was also persecuted in the portuguese inquisition. the portuguese described the malabar nasranis as sabbath-keeping judaizers and burnt their syriac-aramaic manuscripts at the synod of diamper.