_ 149 _ brother reigned for twenty-nine years after his death. His son Cobadin reigned for thirty years and when he died, he left two sons; Saifuddin, who reigned for twenty years and Torun Shah his brother, who reigned for thirty years after his death. Torun Shah left the following sons: Magsud, Shabadin, Sargol and Shavez. They all reigned; the first for ten years, the second for eleven and the third for a year and a half. Saifuddin, a boy of twelve, succeeded these brothers. He was reigning at the time Afonso de Albuquerque arrived at this city of Ormuz. For better understanding of the story, we will detain ourselves a little at this point. When Shabadin, the second son of Torun Shah, was alive, his brother Sargol was Governor of Calhat. He had been governor since the reign of his eldest brother Magsud. Because Moors are often disloyal, brother suspects brother, and father suspects sons, especially those from Ormuz, where there were examples of those killing each other. If they were merciful, they would blind them by fire. From this family alone, as we shall see, Afonso d’ Albuquerque found more than twenty that had been blinded. Sargol began to fear his second brother Shabadin who was the reigning. Finally he was so afraid that he fled into the interior of Arabia where his governorship extended, and went to seek the protection of King Soleiman Bernab-
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