101 so angry and sent a military force to the palace to bring him the aggressor maids. King Muhammad Shah was reluctant to hand in the maids in question. However, as he saw the Portuguese task force, he resigned to the request. The maids were then taken to the fortress prison. King Muhammad Shah requested that they be released, but was told: “There must come an order from the Viceroy in India before they could be released since the fortress commander had already written to him the details of the disagreement between the king and the wazir.” A short while later, a reply from the Viceroy in India came ordering the release of the maids, and the reconciliation between the two families through the marriage of Prince Muhammad Shah son of Turan shah and Bibi Fatima to the daughter of Rais Nuruddin son of Sharafuddin. Both King Muhammad Shah and Queen Bibi Fatima objected to this marriage. They were told: “These are the orders of the king of Portugal.” The said marriage took place in 1617, and
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