_ 286 _ because he did not know whether this was what his father totally and truly desired. This was in spite of the fact that Sultan Selim, his brother had many times sent to him secretly telling him to kill him, and that he would give him Carahemite, with all its borders and lands, which his father had taken from him. The Grand Turk again sent to tell him to send him his son at all events, and that if he did not want to send him alive, that he should be killed for he did not wish nor desire him alive, as he had risen up against him, and he feared that he would never be his brother’s good friend. To this Shah Tahmasp replied that in no way could he send him back alive, that he would send him back dead, but that he would have to send someone to kill him. This the Turk then did and sent two of his captains for this purpose, one called Hacanaga, the chief of his household, and a Viceroy of all Karamania, called Begler Begui. Shah Tahmasp did not wish to consent to these, saying that he did not know if they were sent falsely by his Sultan Bayazit’s brother. He wanted to send one of his captains to the Turk, to hear it in his words. He sent a certain Jafar Sultan, his captain, and he went with them the two emissaries of the
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