The Portuguese in the Sea of Oman

_ 17 _ In the same year (1571) A royal decree was issued, allowing Nakhoda Hussein of Ormuz to take wood from India to repair some of his houses in Ormuz, Lisbon, on the 26th of January 1571:(5) I the King inform those who read this decree that it is my wish that the Nacodá Husain, Ambassador of the Guazil of Ormuz, may repair, enlarge and make improvements to the houses he says he owns in the city of Diu without any impediment whatever, provided that the improvements and the rest done there, constitute no harm to the fortress I have in the said city, and are not inconvenient for the fortress. I therefore command my Viceroy in the parts of India and the captain of the said fortress of Diu that the contents (5) Document no. and reference.

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