10 the names of the individuals and towns mentioned in the original he was copying from. This could be the result of how bad the author's handwriting was, or that the original was in a dire state of preservation with various types and degrees of damage owing to its age. Fourth: Three out of the ten chapters of the manuscript were missing. I was, thankfully, able to obtain the relevant information from the Portuguese documents in my possession. Fifth: What the manuscript stated about the story surrounding the arrival of the Sultans of Shiraz to the African coast is no more than a myth. The
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