_ 91 _ (14) Document no. and reference. In the same year (1512) A letter was sent to King Manuel from Goa on the 18th of December 1512, from Francisco de Albuquerque - a Jew in India. This letter showed the arrangements made by the Sultan of Egypt and the Sultan of Aden to take revenge on the Portuguese:(14) Sir, Your Highness will know that two years ago, two of the Spanish Jews exiled by King Ferdinand of Castile, coming to India from Aden in a merchant ship, were captured by Simão Martins. We were taken before the Captain-in-Chief, who was very pleased with us because we were able to give him much information about everything the Sultan was doing in Cairo at the time we were there, and also what was known in Aden of what was going on in Cairo, in what manner the fleet was being prepared there
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