The Portuguese in the Sea of Oman

_ 543 _ Document No. (29): 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. page no. 306) Document No. (30): Father Antonio de Heredia sent a letter to Father Ignacio de Loyola, the General Superior of the Christian Society in Rome, Ormuz, on the 20th of October 1554, describing the Kingdom of Ormuz. page no. 309) Document No. (31): Father Aires Brandao sent a letter to the Society in Coimbra, Goa, on the 23rd of December 1554, in which he describes the subjects of the King of Ormuz. page no. 319) Document No. (32): The arrival of the Viceroy Dom Afonso de Noronha in Goa, and what he did, came as stated in the book: "Da Asia Nova", by the Portuguese historian Diogo do Couto, where he mentioned what happened when they arrived in Dhofar Fort. page no. 322) Document No. (33): The King of the Turks sent Captain Ali Shalabi with brigs from Basra to Suez, where he left Basra, and then clashed with the fleet of Dom Fernando de Meneses, who seized six of his

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