_ 168 _ In the same year (1508) The captains of Afonso de Albuquerque's fleet submitted a petition and protest, on the 5th of January 1508:(3) The petition of the captain of the armada of Afonso de Albuquerque. The advice to Afonso de Albuquerque to the effect that they should not make war on Khwaja Attar because it would not bring any advantage to the Portuguese, and that they should leave the city in peace and return the following year to conquer it without destroying it. The decision of the captains not to follow Albuquerque in the event of his deciding on the capture of Ormuz. These quotations are taken from the first, 1557, edition of the Comentarios de Afonso Dalboquerque. It is not (3) Document no. and reference.
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