_ 169 _ sion of land and they were content with taking booty and returning home with it. The people who sailed the seas with these aims and whose king wanted to ensure that no spices entered the Red Sea it was enough that they were in possession of the Malabar coast where they had their Viceroy and fortresses built for this purpose. They were not interested in conquering the built for this purpose. They were not interested in conquering the hinterland. It was hoped that such people would not demand vassalage for a long period and it could very well be that all could be redeemed with a large sum of money. Because they had been given so little time in which to tiring back an answer to Afonso d’ Albuquerque, as soon as they had all come to an agreement at dawn Khwaja Attar ordered white flags to be flown over the king’s houses. He then dispatched two Moorish messengers and a leading man called Rais Norudin his Goazil to commence the negotiation of a peace with Afonso d’ Albuquerque. As a cautious man Khwaja Attar preferred to test Afonso d’ Albuquerque’s will before meeting him face to face. After the two sides had exchanged messages the king agreed to Afonso d’ Albuquerque’s demands and on that
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