_ 199 _ The Governor summoned a council at which they heard what Malik [Sacca] said (which was all a lie and a trick of which he was availing himself for his own purposes and in order to prevent access to the fortress), that his father had only gone to Cambay to ask the King’s permission for the Governor to build a fortress in the city. In view of this it was agreed that this should not be attempted by force of arms but that first a gentler means should be sought, leaving the use of arms as the last resource, for the King had urged this in his letters. When this had been agreed, the Governor abandoned the enterprise, and having sent the captains to various places left for Ormuz with the intention of returning to Diu to achieve this purpose. The Governor arrived in Omuz, and the first thing he did (although he himself thought that to do otherwise was of greater advantage for the State and in the King’s service) was to order the administration of the treasury of the customs-house there to be placed in the hands of Portuguese officials and not only those of the Moors, in view of the thefts that were being committed to the notable detriment of both the King of Portugal and the King of Ormuz. He did this, in spite of the opposition shown to this order by Turun Shah, the King of Ormuz, for which reason he later revolted against the fortress.
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