_ 476 _ been no king of Rishahr, but there is a servant of the Shah there, or sometimes one from the Emir of Shiraz; he has no household and no ostentation, nor any amity or dealings with us. No caravans pass through his territory nor anything else that could be of advantage to Ormuz. The King of Makran and his ambassadors and household officials receive six leques ninety-five azars in mocarrarias because he is Lord of the nautaques(A) and should favour (A) Nautaques is the Portuguese version of the name of the Nadhakt tribe of Baluchis. Pedro Teixeira (Travels of P.Teixeira, p.162) and Pietro della Valle (Travels, 1, p.3) write respectively ‘Moutaqui’ and ‘Noteks’ João de Barros writes: “…at the entrance to the Strait of Ormuz, where the Nautaques gather, who are a people dwelling on the coast of the Kirman and Makran regions which lie between the river Indus and the entrance to the Strait of Ormuz. These people, although their name is really Baluchi, because of their occupation as robbers have the name of Nautaques, which in their language means what we call corsairs, sea robbers.” (Decada 11J, bk.VII, chap. 11, p.124). Gaspar Correia (Lendas, 1,793) writes: “because on the other coast, opposite this cape (Ras al-Had) there are some people called Nautaques, who are under the Lordship of the King of the [Resbutos], bordering on Cambay, who live on the seacoast.... These Nautaques sail in very light terradas with sails and oars... They have an agreement with the Lords of the lands in which they live that they will give them a certain share of what they take, and many gather all over the land and make up a great fleet, and go to this coast of Kalhat to rob the ships coming to Ormuz...”
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