_ 76 _ (7) Document no. and reference. In the same year (1552) Father Gaspar Barzio sent a letter to the Jesuit Society in Coimbra, Mogustan, dated October 1552, mentioning that Christians went to Minao during the war in Ormuz:(7) The Peace of Christ At the time when the Mamluks came to wage war against us(A), the captain(B) decided that the local Christians should be located outside the fortress(C), first because there was no room for them inside, and secondly because of the water(D). When news came that the Mamluks were (A) In the month of August the Turks (Mamluks) were approaching Ormuz with hostile intentions (cf. SCHURHAMMER Q 4870 4889). (B) D. Alvaro de Noronha. (C) Not long before 31st August they departed from Ormuz (cf. Doc. 84, 9). (D) Cf. Doc. 84, 9.
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