_ 17 _ In the same year (1516) An order was issued by Pero de Albuquerque, the commander of Ormuz Castle, to Manuel da Costa, the commercial Agent of Ormuz, on the 8th of January 1516, in which he informed that Ismail Safavid requested for the Portuguese ships, and asking the King of Ormuz to occupy Bahrain:(3) I Pero de Albuquerque. Captain of this fortress, hereby order you, Manuelda Costa, factor of Ormuz, and the scriveners of the said factory, to give this messenger of the King of Basra, who delivered letters and a message to the Captain General, twenty xerafins which I instruct you to give him for his travelling expenses. Do this as ordered because, thereby, it is in the interest of the King, our Lord. (3) Document no. and reference.
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