_ 123 _ also known as the Sophy. This was a very good thing for the State of India because if the Turks took possession of Persia, since they want India so much, there is no doubt that, by building large fleets, they would put not only Ormuz but the entire state of India [in danger](A). Last year I saw a letter from the captain of Ormuz(B) which said that, if the Turks were to win, not only in Ormuz but even in Bassein and Chaul we would not be safe. Our Lord was served in relieving us by giving victory to the King of Persia. 6. The news of the destruction of the Turks is that these were one hundred [119v] thousand men; this is probably an exaggeration, and they killed four Turkish pashas, among them Mustafa(C) who was at the siege of Malta(D). All this was written by a trustworthy man in a letter from Ormuz; at least it is absolutely certain(E) that victory remains with (A) The shortest version is completed thus. (B) Rodrigo Goncalves da Camara, who in autumn 1579 completed his stay as prefect (cf APO V/3, pp 960-1 n 798). (C) Mustafa was from Bosnia, and occupied Cyprus and Georgia, he was made second in command of the universal Turkish Empire, and died on 7 August 1580 (cf Hammer, Histoire de l’Empire ottoman VII 99-100). Rumours of his death were false. (D) 1565; cf v Pastor, Geschichte der Papste VII. (Pius IV, 1559-65) 551-52; Hammer, Histoire de l’Empire ottoman VI 194-204 (where Mustafa’s actions are referred to). (E) Hammer refers to the notable success of the Persians against the Turks, Histoire de l’Empire ottoman VII 95-95; v Pastor, Geschichte
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