28 monks of her predicament and that she wanted to convert to Christianity to be freed from the bond of marriage to Niamatullah. The man agreed to help her and contacted the people in charge of the Hormuz Monastery. The news was reported to Matias de Albuquerque who could not believe his ears and rushed immediately to the royal palace to speak to the king of Hormuz. He told the king about Halima’s situation and that the king of Portugal, who accepted no injustice against anyone under his rule had also been informed of what happened. “If you are unable to rule Hormuz with justice, there is someone else who can do so; the case of the son of Shaikh Jawid has not been settled yet,” Matias de Albuquerque said threateningly. Upon hearing this, King Ferug Shah approved Halima’s divorce from Niamatullah. The monks then decided that Halima and her brother Daylamitia should leave Hormuz to Goa. Owing to the complexity of the situation, they had to wait until Matias de Albuquerque was about to leave as commander of Hormuz to return to Goa.
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