In 1707 his ships attacked the _Bombay_ frigate, which was blown up after a brief engagement, and for the next half-century Angrian piracy was a scourge to the European trade of the West coast.

In 1710 Conajee Angria seized and fortified Kennery, and his ships fought the _Godolphin_ for two days, within sight of Bombay, but were finally beaten off.

He had now grown so powerful that, in 1711, the Directors were told he could take any ship except the largest Europe ones; "along the coast from Surat to Dabul he takes all private merchant vessels he meets." Owing to the minority and imprisonment of Sivajee's grandson, Sahoojee,[4] the Mahrattas were torn by internal divisions, in which Conajee Angria played his part.

On the death of Aurungzeeb, Sahoojee regained his liberty, and was seated on the guddee of Satara.

Owing to his want of hardihood, and weakness of character, the dissensions continued, and Sivajee's kingdom seemed to be on the point of breaking up into a number of independent chiefships.