_ 494 _ Goa he hesitated in 1510 between leaving for that city or returning to Ormuz(A). The following years were occupied not only with the conquest of Goa but also with the capture of Malacca and the expedition to Aden, a persistent objective of Manuel's policy in the East(B). In 1514 Pero de Albuquerque was sent to reconnoitre the Gulf where, according to the author of the Comentários, he went as far as the island of Lulutem, near the present state of Bahrain(C). In February 1515 Albuquerque at last managed to bon 1943, vol. II, pp. 227 ff.; Luís de Albuquerque, Navegadores, viajantes e aventureiros portugueses, Lisbon 1987, pp. 7-29. (A) Castanheda,bk.III,chap.VII. (B) Having pacified Goa and cleared its neighbourhood of enemies, Albuquerque finally prepared to obey the repeated orders from the King to occupy the entrance to the Red Sea, especially since there was a persistent rumour that the Sultan was again organizing a squadron to attack the Portuguese'. Jaime Cortesão, História de Portugal, Barcelos 1932,vol.IV,p.52. (C) On 7 July 1514 'he passed through the Strait into the Persian Sea and saw all the harbours, islands, and towns there were there as far as an island called Lulutem. Having reached Bahrain, because the winds were westerly and it was late for him to return to from there, and went to [Raxel]'. Comentários de Afonso de Albuquerque, part IV, chap. XXV. Albert Kammerer, in La Mer Rouge, l'Àbyssinie et l'Arabie depuis l'Antiquité, Cairo 1935,vol. II,p.206, suggests Lulutem island is Halul. V. Damião Peres, História dos Descobrimentos Portugueses, 2nd ed., Coimbra 1960, p. 548.
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