_ 79 _ at one be raised over the King’s palace, and word was sent to the Captain-in-Chief that the King and the city obeyed him and that they would make no more schemes, and that as a sign he sent the King’s ring. With him he sent a nephew of Rais Nuruddin as a hostage, until they had agreed what he should do. Rais Nuruddin as a hostage, until they had agreed what he should do. Rais Nuruddin’s nephew was an important man called Rais Abdullah, who had arrived in Ormuz a few days earlier, and when young he had seen many lands and been in Africa. He set out with the Arminian in great haste to the fields with a white cloth on the end of a pole, and they went towards the Captain-in-Chief who was coming through the country making for the city. He and the Captains were very pleased because they had heard from the boats that there was a white flag over the King’s palace as a sign of peace. When the Captain-in-Chief was told that Moors were coming from the city with a white flag he ordered the men to halt and he went forward, for he did not wish the Moors to come close to the men so that they would see how few there were of them. The Armenian gave him the King’s message and gave him the ring and the hostage. The Captain-in-Chief, making a show of anger, said to the
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