_ 223 _ had gone to Ormuz than in the previous years. For all these reasons he decided to go there rather, than to Suez. Another factor which made him confirm. this decision even further, was that Pero de Albuquerque arrived and told him that the King of Ormuz had accepted Sheikh Ishmael's cap and prayer; and that Raix Noradim, the guazil of Ormuz, who was a Persian by birth, had seemed to him to be inclined to deliver Ormuz into the hands of Sheik Ishmael, Raix Noradim was an old man who had many children, and he controlled the king's treasury and merchandise. Sheikh Ishmael was beginning to wage war on Ormuz, and Pero de Albuquerque told the governor what had happened to his captain at Reixer. He also told him of the many ships he had found at Ormuz, and which had been taken there because of his voyage to Cape Guardafui; for the Arabs thought that he meant to sail into the Red Sea. Having decided to go to Ormuz the governor kept it to himself and began to make preparations, saying that he was getting ready to go to the Red Sea. At this point Diógo Fernandes arrived from Cambay where he had gone as ambassador, and he brought back the king's reply, as described before. The governor then went to Cochin to see the fortress at Calicut, which was almost finished; when he arrived in Cochin he dispatched the
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