_ 350 _ had three hundred thousand inhabitants, but now it had three hundred thousand five hundred. They were informed that when it was destroyed, only one house in a thousand remained. They spent eleven days there awaiting the Sheikh’s Ambassador who was sick. They left there and on their travels they went to the city of Lar, which was also very large and wealthy. It was completely surrounded by walls and towers decorated with hewn stone and cubic turrets. The houses were very opulent and well built. The king was an Arab and a vassal of Sheikh Ismael. Everyone bore his emblem. It was an important centre fro breeding horses and cattle. Tangas and larins, used throughtout the whole of India, were minted there. The only water was from wells. They departed from there and went to call at the port where they had disembarked, and they arrived safely in Ormuz.(A) (A) BNL: Mss. Da Collecc. Vimieiro. Cod Y-251, f 45v.
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