_ 69 _ Episodes of the year 1575 A letter came from Father Domingos da Silva to Father Everardo Mercuriano, Superior General of the Society of Jesus in Rome, Bassin, on the 20th of November 1575, stating that the Turks had been waging war on Ethiopia for many years:(21) The previous year the Father Visitor(A) ordered me on a mission to the fortress of Diu, which is seventy leagues distant from this one, and is a great seaport of the merchants who trade with Cairo, Jidda(B) and Mecca. This was because I know the land and am acquainted with some lay persons, so it seemed that I could serve the purpose of the Father, which was to provide for the Father (A) Father Valignano. (B) Jidda, an Arabian port in the Red Sea. (21) Document no. and reference.
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