_ 109 _ Episodes of the year 1519 In that year, Alvaro Benheiro, the Crown Judge in Ormuz, sent a letter to Dom Manuel I, in Cochin, on the 12th of January 1519, suggesting the construction of one castle in Bahrain, another in Qatif, a third in Basra, and another in the upper Euphrates River, in addition to the care of the coast of Muscat:(15) Sir, I, Alvaro Pinheiro, squire of the Duke of Braganza, crown judge of your city of Ormuz, wish to inform Your Highness about how I came from Portugal with Jorge de Aguiar’s fleet and how, from that time until now, I have always served Your Highness in all matters that ever since have happened in this region. These include the capture of Benasterim as well as the expedition to the Straits with Afonso de Albuquerque, (15) Document no. and reference.
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