69 People’s sharp tongues leave no one unscathed. As a result, Rais Sharafuddin, wazir of Hormuz, had to stand in the Grand Mosque after the Jumu’ah prayers on Friday to explain to the people the truth of the matter and that his sister, queen Latifa, had passed away many years ago. It was then that the issue was put to rest. Arriving at Goa, Sayyidatu-Nisa was met by her daughter, Bibi Fatima, who was so pleased to see her mother again. Prince Turan Shah, son of king Ferug Shah who had claims to the throne also welcomed her arrival. As Bibi Fatima and Turan Shah were living in extreme poverty, SayyidatuNisa spent lavishly on them after she married them to each other in accordance with the Islamic faith. To this arrangement, the Archbishop of Goa objected and was in rage. Bibi Fatima had then to explain that her conversion to Christianity was only a pretend in order that she could get out of the marriage that was forced upon her previously. As the year 1601 was coming to a close, Feroz Shah took his mother, the bond woman, to his father’s room, and asked him to grant her her
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