_ 205 _ Moors skinned and filled with cotton with such skill and subtlety that Captain António Correia sent it by Baltasar Pessoa as a gift for Governor Diogo Lopes de Sequeira and to the King of Ormuz to mark the victory, and they had it buried in the public square at Ormuz with two inscriptions in the Portuguese and the Persian languages declaring the glory of the victory. The valiant captain left an elderly Arab called [Buvate] in the island of Bahrein as Governor subject to the King of Ormuz and returned to Ormuz on 25 August. He was welcomed there by everyone with great celebrations and by the King with the greatest honour. The King shared out between him and the other captains some of the famous, richly caparisoned horses and many other things, in recognition of the danger and hardship with which the island had been restored to obedience to him, and so that all India should not fail to reward this great captain for so great a triumph, in memory of this he gave him the name of Bahrein, for from then on he was always known there as Captain António Correia Barem. When Captain António Correia arrived at Ormuz the Governor was already waiting for him to return to Diu and begin the fortress he so much desired; and, sailing in good
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