_ 49 _ (6) Document no. and reference. Episodes of the year 1511 On 12th of July 1511, King "Dom Manuel I" of Lisbon sent a letter to the priest of Segovia, Dom Fradique, informing him about the Persian siege of the Turkish-controlled city of Aleppo and his receipt of gifts from the King of Persia:(6) Reverend Bishop, friend and nephew, we the King send you greetings. After we had written to the King [of Spain] about the news that had reached us on the arrival of four ships from India, about the taking of Goa from the Moors, enemies of our Catholic faith, by our Captain-in-Chief of those parts and the defeat he had inflicted, another eight ships arrived laden with spices. With these latter ships came letters from the Captainin- Chief who told us that while he was in Goa, an Ambassador sent by Sheikh Ismael, known as the Sufi, ruler of Persia
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTg0NzAy