_ 370 _ point on the Arabian coast the kingdom of Ormuz starts, on the 20th of August in that same year, 1507. The captains he took with him under his flag were Francisco de Tavora and Emanuel Telez, Afonso Lopez da Costa, Antonio do Campo, Joao da Nova and Nuno Vaz de castel Branco, the latter in a fusta which had been made in Socotra of wood brought ready cut from Portugal. There were to be 470 Portuguese in this fleet. Afonso de Albuquerque arrived with this company at the town of Kalhat on the 25th of the month. This town was the first of those ruled by the King of Ormuz the Arabian coast, and he reached it having rounded cape through the straits of Persia. The Sheikh, the captain who represented the King of Ormuz, agreed to take him a gift of supplies, so that Afonso de Albuquerque felt himself obliged not to make war against him before negotiating with the King. Once this was agreed, supplies were delivered the day and the evening on which Afonso de Albuquerque arrived, and the following morning he set sail for another town called Kuriyat, which also belonged to the king of Ormuz. On the way he ordered that the supplies from Kalhat be handed out to the men, but when the packages of dates were opened, cattle manure of dirt, at which Afonso de Albuquerque became furious and determined to avenge this
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