_ 306 _ In the same year (1554) Comendador D. Afonso de Lancaster in Rome, sent a letter to Dom Joao III, Rome, on the 20th of March 1554, informing him that Shah Tahmasp had been waging war on Turkey:(29) Sir, On the third of this month, I wrote to Your Highness by way of Genoa and sent you all the advices that I had in this land and also those from the East. What they offer which is new Your Highness will see from them, they being sent with this letter. As the Sophy has returned to waging war on the Turk it seems that you will have plenty to do in order especially not to disturb India at present. If it should be true that the Pasha of Basra is moving his residence to Cairo, because when these new ministers have (29) Document no. and reference.
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