_ 389 _ to the ships and the town, the men could come out safely to put out the fire and he should send at once some important persons from the court to agree peace terms. Afonso de Albuquerque held Abdullah and sent Khwaja Biram back with the message, whilst he returned to the fleet with his other captains. When Afonso de Albuquerque had got to his ship Khwaja Biram returned a short time later saying that as it was already very late the King requested that they wait until the morning, when he would send the people with whom he was to sign the treaty, promising on his honour to do so, which he did. Among those he sent the most important was Rais Norodin, the guazil, and after many alternations the peace treaty was signed in the following manner. Item: That the King Saifuddin, known as the King of Ormuz, becomes the vassal of King Emanuel of Portugal, paying him an annual tribute of 15,000 gold xerafins, to be paid in gold, silver and pearls; and that besides this, in order to pay for the costs incurred in the war as well as paying for the men, 5000 xerafins were to be paid in cash at once, the rest being payable in kind. Item: That the King would allow Afonso de Albuquerque a site in any part of the city to which the latter agreed
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