Every made some notable captures.

Off Aden he found five pirate ships of English nationality, three of them from America, commanded by May, Farrell, and Wake.

In the Gulf of Aden he burned the town of Mahet on the Somali coast because the people refused to trade with him.

In September, while cruising off Socotra with the _Fancy_, two sloops, and a galley, he took the _Futteh Mahmood_ with a valuable cargo, belonging to Abdool Quffoor, the wealthiest and most influential merchant in Surat.

A few days later he took off Sanjan, north of Bombay, a ship belonging to the Emperor, called the _Gunj Suwaie_ (Exceeding Treasure).
This was the great capture that made Every famous.