_ 486 _ There were guards at this entrance whose job it was to defend it and resist those who tried to enter. We went further inside. There we came to a courtyard with a garden on both sides, and an exceedingly beautiful pool with waterspouts, and a treasure house with two other large houses, built in Moorish style, which were the property and living quarters of the King. Without any doubt, the best was those of the King of Ormuz and of Reis Sharaf.(A) Here we found an extensive lawn and a watered courtyard with a tent pitched. Sher Khan, who welcomed us here, sat us down with him. We were a short while without speaking of anything worthy of note, when a message arrived from the King for us to return home, because he was unable to see us that day, but he would the following day. Ambassadors of the Lord Ali to the Emperors of Persia. The friendship between the two princes is also treated by Murray T. Titus Indian Islam p. 86. (A) Reis Sharaf, called Reis Xerafo by the Portuguese, a guazil and a powerful man in Ormuz, who nevertheless, was detained in Portugal between 1529 and 1545 (Documenta Indica Vol. II 203, Documenta Indica Vol III 23-24. Gonçalo Rodrigues was in Ormuz from 1551 to 1553, so He had the chance to see those very impressive buildings.
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