_ 288 _ In the same year (1585) The memoirs of a soldier in India, came in 1585, mentioning the Persian coast:(45) It is not many years ago that there were great disputes in the straits of Ormuz on the Arabian coast between two Arab tribes of pearl fishers, who in their language are called cabildas, some of them named Alimoeiros and the others Niquelus.(A) When the latter were conquered by the opposing cabilda they were forced to find a new place to live. They took to their boats, which are called terradas and (A) The Alimoeiros are, I believe, the people of the town of Limah on the Arabian coast of Kalhat, south of the cape of Mesandan. The opposite coast of Laristan is inhabited by various independent Arab tribes under their respective sheiks. They are almost all pirates and live in small towns on the shore of the Persian Gulf. One of these is Nikulu, which lies facing the small island of Shituar a few leagues from Lar. (45) Document no. and reference.
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