_ 122 _ which is the port in the Arab strait belonging to those Moors who are our friends, we have learnt that the Turks who plagued that country(A) are most certainly dead, which was a most desirable thing, and that the king(B) captured from them the principal forts which they held, recovering some of those which were on an island lying alongside the land(C). We hope, following this news, that there will be more opportunity for those people to hear the truth of our holy faith and that they will return to the obedience of the Church. It is said that the Father General writes ordering that some Fathers should be sent there to help and console those who are there(D); this mission is not yet being dealt with. 5. There is nothing to say of Ormuz, except that we know of the great destruction of the Turkish army which was coming to attack the Xatama(E), King of Persia, who is (A) Thus Father immanuel Fernandes states 23 May 1580 Beccari 307 (of 1578). (B) Sarza Denghel, Emperor of Ethiopia from 1563 to 2 Sept 1597 (cf Beccari x 498-99). (C) Massaura (cf Beccari X 308, XV 219-20). (D) Cf also doc 95, 3. (E) The Emperor Shah Tahmasp I ruled the empire in the years 1524-1576. Asmail II succeeded him until 1578. From then Muhammad Khudabanda ruled his people, 1578-1587 (cf Philips, Handbook of Oriental History 44).
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