_ 22 _ Shah, may he be with God, and also King Mahamud Shah, my lord and father, granted certain favours. First, King Turun Shah to Reis Nur al-Din in this manner: because of his many outstanding services and loyalty and moral rectitude, with great diligence and obedience, and his solicitude for the honour and service and profit of this royal state, and for being obedient and very wise in everything relating to the honour and prosperity of the kings of Ormuz, and especially of King Turun Shah, and a pillar of this realm. A preceptor of princes, chief counsellor of the kings of Ormuz, most noble of all the noblemen and kinsmen of this royal house, Reis Nur al-Din [Eroxál, who always ventures his life and fortune for the requirements of this royal state, and has never failed to do so in any way, and in order to serve the said King Turun Shah also gave him large and fine houses that had belonged to his father, Reis Sharaf. For these reasons King Turun Shah gave him as reward and compensation for these houses the palm groves and lands in Bahrain, and ordered that they should be handed over to him; even if they were held by the Guazil of Bahrain, or by cadis or mullahs or anyone else they were to be yielded to him and to be possessed by him. Also, the revenue from the one per cent duty of the Customs House
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