_ 540 _ Document No. (15): A letter was received from Alvaro Mendes (Society of Jesus) from Mogustan, in 1552, mentioning the siege of Ormuz by the Turks. page no. 158) Document No. (16): The Portuguese fleet left the kingdom under the command of Captain Fernao Soares de Albergaria, and headed to Basra. page no. 161) Document No. (17): Written instructions were issued by Dom João III to an envoy traveling to India by land, dated 1553, as well as the news about destruction of the Turkish fleet by the Portuguese south of Ras al-Hadd. page no. 165) Document No. (18): Gaspar Barzio, S.j., the Vicar of the Diocese of India, sent a letter to the priest Father Ignatius Loyola, the General Director of the Society of Jesus in Rome, Goa, on the 12th of January 1553, mentioning the situation of Socotra. page no. 169) Document No. (19): Dr. João III sent a letter to the Comendador Moore, D. Afonso de Lancaster, the Ambassador in Rome, Lisbon, dated September 1553, inquiring about the results of the defeat. page no. 178)
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