_ 204 _ were already too strong and that they would prevent him from reaching his destination. If he waited for the easterly winds, then he would not be able to return to India within the time-limit allowed him by the governor. He therefore returned to Ormuz, deciding not to delay longer. He came to Reixer, which lies at two days sailing from Bahrain, and there he found Mirabusaga, one of Sheikh Ishmael's captains he had begun to wage war on the King of Ormuz from the sea and had captured twenty terradas which the king kept there to patrol the seas. At Pero de Albuquerque's request, Mirabusaga Iet them go; the two of them established very friendly relations and Pero de Albuquerque returned to Ormuz, where he spent the winter. While he stayed there, he spoke to Raix Noradim and to the King of Ormuz and asked them on the governor's behalf to give him the fortress which the Portuguese had begun to build on the island. But they declined to do so, saying that the king had occupied it himself and was using it as his residence. They added why should the governor want a fortress in this city, since it already belonged to the King of Portugal and paid him tribute? Besides, if he wished to have a factory there, it would be as safe as if it were in his own house.
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