_ 26 _ In the same year (1571) A royal proclamation was issued, confirming the order of the governor, Martim Afonso de Susa, prohibiting the director of the estates of Ormuz from interfering in the properties of the Arabs and other infidels, Lisbon, on the 12th of February 1571:(8) I the King make known to those who read this proclamation that on behalf of Reis Nur al-Din, Guazil of the city and kingdom of Ormuz, I have been given a copy of a writ issued to him by Martim Afonso de Sousa when serving as Governor of India, with a letter of corroboration signed by Gaspar Pires de Matos, who is serving as Chief Treasury Officer in Ormuz. The copy of the writ reads as follows: I, Captain General and Governor of India, make known to those who read this my proclamation that I have been (8) Document no. and reference.
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