_ 189 _ In the same year (1508) An order was issued by the Viceroy of India, Dom Francisco de Almeida, in 1508, in a letter to Afonso de Albuquerque, prohibiting him, or any other officer, from waging war on Ormuz at that time:(8) I, Dom Francisco d’ Almeida, Viceroy of India, by order of the King, my Lord, make known to you much honoured Afonso de Albuquerque, Captain-in-Chief at the entrance to the Red Sea, and to any other Captain-in-Chief or Captains arriving from Portugal, that I am aware of the war that was waged between Afonso de Albuquerque and the King of Ormuz after it had been agreed with him that he paid tribute and became a vassal of our King. Because thereby he could be of much service to His Highness, I wrote to him saying that if he was willing to (8) Document no. and reference.
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