_ 121 _ In the same year (1579) Father Duarte de Sand sent a letter to the Portuguese Assembly of the Council (in Coimbra), Goa, on the 7th of November 1579, in which he mentioned Qishn, and that the Turkish army was subjected to great destruction by the Persian army:(29) Extract Para. no. 4, 5, 6 4. It has been learnt from Ethiopia that the Father Patriarch died last year and that other Fathers(A) remained in much the same situation as before. Now from Kishn(B) (A) Three priests remained in Ethiopia: Emmanuel Fernandes, superior, Francisco Lopes, Antonio Fernandes (Documenta Indica X 506 774). (B) Nowadays Kishn, in southern Arabia, at 15 lat north and about 52 long. (29) Document no. and reference.
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