33 In 1591, three years after the unfortunate Halima-Murad-Niamatullah episode, Latifa, wife of king Ferug Shah and sister of wazir Nuruddin, passed away. Not long afterwards, Nurruddin himself also died. This meant that the post of Hormuz wazir had now become vacant. Afonoso Daylamitia bin Murad who was now a Christian convert, had been promised this position. However, the king of Hormuz had set a condition before approving such an appointment: he wanted to marry Zinan Shah (known as SayyidatuNisa ), Afonso’s mother; a proposal she accepted even before her son could have a say about it. As a result of her marriage to king Ferug Shah, Sayyidatu-Nisa took her seven-year old daughter Fatima, and her son, Afonso Daylamitia, being the new wazir, and moved to live in the king’s palace with the king’s sons: 14-year old Muhammad Shah and his 13-year old brother, Turan Shah. There, in the palace, they had their private quarters.
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