The Portuguese in the Sea of Oman

_ 470 _ Nuraddin” dated Diu, 30 Nov, 1546 and published by Cunha Rivera, Archivo Port. Oriental, fasc.V, doc. no.84. C. 48 Item: Khwaja Ali al-Din, clerk of the customs house, a Moor, will continue to serve and he will receive a salary of five leques per year, which are worth sixty-nine thousand seven hundred and eighty reis. C. 49 Item: Khwaja Zafar al-Din, another Moorish clerk of the customs house, will receive a salary of four leques per year, which are worth fifty-five thousand eight hundred and fourteen reis. C. 50 Item: Khwaja Muhammad, another Moorish clerk of the customs house, will receive a salary of two leques per year, which are worth twenty-seven thousand nine hundred and seven reis. C. 51 Item: There are now no Moorish clerks other than those named above, and these alone will continue to serve with the present salaries. When any one of these Moors dies, or if he has died, no other is to be appointed in his place, either Moor or Portuguese; those who remain will

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