_ 372 _ Once the enemy had been defeated and ordered the area to be sacked, but they found no plunder other than food, since the women those unable to fight had been made to leave the area and had taken anything of value with them. The supplies were so abundant that, in the three days and two nights that they were there they were not able to finish loading the ships. At the end of that time, Afonso de Albuquerque ordered his men to set fire to the area and to five ships from mecca and 11 terradas which had run aground. Before the fleet set sail, all these were burned, as was the mosque, which was very beautiful. From there they went to another place which belonged to the King of Ormuz and which lay ten leagues east. This was Muscat, which was richer, more populated and larger. It lay between two mountain ranges, where there was a bay having excellent anchorage. As it was flat like Kuriyat, the access to the bay as closed from one range to the other by a wooden barrier which was banked up with on both sides and had some artillery on it. With two very narrow gates which faced th entrance from the sea. Afonso de Albuquerque arrived there on the second of September, and reached the bay with no resistance. Because he had come to an agreement with the Sheikh, who had promised him supplies as a form of payment both for him and all the captains who came in the name
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