_ 145 _ (16) Document no. and reference. In the same year (1513) Muhammad Shah, King of Ormuz, sent a letter to D. Manuel I, informing him that he knew that the correspondence between them was continuous, and that he knew that half of the crops scheduled for Ormuz had been reduced:(16) The Majesty of the highest dignity; Glory of the Sectarians of Meffias; the Great King, and benign Sovereign D. Manoel, King of Portugal; to whom God eternalizes the Dominion, prolongs life. You will know, my Lord, that I wrote to you from Goa, where I found out that mine. Letter arrived with the gift. Then I left Goa in the company of Mirxadalı for Ormuz, where I arrived in vain, and shortly after my arrival I was given the news that, given the lack of trade in this port,
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